Take It to the Next Level($103.00Value)

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When a son with only a high school education realizes the small family business his father built for over 40 years may be forced into bankruptcy, he makes a crucial decision that wins national recognition and saves the future of the business for his employees and for the next generation. A business turnaround story whose very simplicity will at once dazzle you and stir your emotions. Crownover's courage to reveal his anxieties and insecurities along the way is the key to his strength. I recommend you read this compelling story ... and be better prepared for your own humbling experience. -- Robert McTeer, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas A wonderful story that brings the quality journey to life, revealing the rarely talked about epiphany that occurs within business leaders when we finally see it - the whole point of quality. A boost for those still trying to see it and a comfort for those who struggled along the way. Truly a quality story told in a quality way. -- James S. Pepitone, CEO, Pepitone Berkshire Piaget Worldwide An essential guide for the aspiring leader's quality journey. Dale's candid, truthful approach provides business students of all ages and leaders of all levels useful insights into values, self-awareness and crucial decision making. -- Paula Hill, Director, Business Leadership Center, Edwin L. Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University An invaluable example of the personal journey required of leaders who effect organizational change. Crownover's success highlights the fundamental need to create change through people - not software, machinery or technology alone. Amid a business crisis, Crownover delivered the kind of change most organizations only dream about. -- James Blayney Rice, Jr., Director, Integrated Supply Chain Management Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology The environment and results at Texas Nameplate show what it takes to strengthen America and ultimately the world. Crownover's story may spark a transformation for leaders of any enterprise. -- Warren Hogan, Chairman, The Hogan Center for Performance Excellence The talent, goodwill, energy, and determination that Crownover and his people bring to the job at Texas Nameplate are an inspiring example of the "real stuff" of the American enterprise system. -- Oliver Williamson, Kaiser Professor of Business, Haas School of Business University of California, Berkley Dale Crownover leads 63 high-spirited employees at Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., a second-generation, family-owned business in Dallas, Texas. Dale aims to strenghten American business by telling his story in this book, in speeches, artecles, seminars, and videos. He recently presented at the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council in support of its committee on supply chain integration. His company has been featured on PBS.