When Core Values Are Strategic - How the Basic Values of Procter & Gamble Transformed Leadership at Fortune 500 Companies. In collab. w. the P&G Alumni network

What do legendary leaders from Disney, GE, GM, Johnson and Johnson, Boeing, eBay, Microsoft, Intel, Time Warner, LensCrafters, Chiquita, Walmart, Pepsi, and Saatchi + Saatchi have in common? They all learned the critical importance of values as managers at Procter & Gamble. And, since departing for leadership roles elsewhere, they've all remained members of the P&G Alumni Network. Now you can share the powerful lessons they learned at P&G. The P&G Alumni Network's When Core Values Are Strategic offers no-nonsense insights into why values really are so important, and practical ways to propagate, strengthen, and act on them. Bringing together contributions from influential P&G alumni worldwide, it offers a legacy to future leaders across organizations of every type and size. Discover some of strategies for success:

Hire well--people who fit your culture and are teachable
Teach well--mentor and develop your people
Respect your people--give them responsibility, let them learn from mistakes
Value family and community--be an interactive part of it all; make the company a family of its own
Focus all products on the consumer--study and listen, innovate accordingly
Know your business--know every aspect of your business and communicate what you know clearly among company members
Build a strong brand, and don't change it

List of contents

   Foreword     vii
   Acknowledgments     x
   About the Authors     xii
   Preface     xiii
Part I Sustaining Industry Leadership
Chapter 1 Core Values Can Be Strategic     3
Chapter 2 Brad Moore     5
Chapter 3 Jane Hoover      11
Chapter 4 Paul Charron      17
Chapter 5 Cynthia Round     23
Chapter 6 John Smale     29
Part II Applying Core Values for Capability
Chapter 7 Daniela Riccardi     39
Chapter 8 Wolfgang Berndt     47
Chapter 9 Mike Clasper     51
Chapter 10 Ed Rigaud     57
Chapter 11 Jill Beraud     63
Chapter 12 Jane J. Thompson     67
Chapter 13 Robert A. Miller     73
Part III Core Values and Teamwork
Chapter 14 Dave Brandon      81
Chapter 15 Brad Casper     87
Chapter 16 Kay S. Napier     93
Chapter 17 Cheryl Bachelder     99
Chapter 18 Bob Viney     105
Chapter 19 John Costello     113
Chapter 20 Fernando Aguirre     117
Part IV Core Values Drive Vision
Chapter 21 Sam Solomon     125
Chapter 22 Steve Case     131
Chapter 23 Kevin Roberts     137
Chapter 24 Jim McNerney     143
Chapter 25 Dean Butler     147
Chapter 26 John Pepper     153
Part V Doing the Right Thing
Chapter 27 Bob Wehling     161
Chapter 28 Jim Hackett     167
Chapter 29 Jose Louis Quintero     173
Chapter 30 Samih Sherif     179
Chapter 31 Bob Herbold     183
Part VI Changing Lives
Chapter 32 Charlotte Otto     193
Chapter 33 Mohan C. Mohan     199
Chapter 34 Harry Leibowitz     205
Chapter 35 Carole Black     211
Chapter 36 Dian Alyan     217
   Epilogue by Ed Artzt, Former CEO     223
   Appendix     227

About the author

Rick Tocquigny is a nationally known author, radio/podcast talk show host, and CEO of Artbeat of America, publisher of the Life Lessons book series, The Transformed Traveler, and Gracefully Yours greeting cards. He serves as the Chair of the P&G Alumni Network Publishing and Speakers Bureau. His Life Lessons network has been instrumental in changing the pattern of communication within companies and communities. Rick and his wife Carla live in Lafayette, Colorado. Their two daughters, Heather and Jennifer, are both in the entertainment industry and residing in Southern California. Learn more at www.artbeatofamerica.com or email [e-mail].

Andy Butcher is an award-winning journalist and author. A former newspaper reporter and media director for an international non-profit, he currently edits a national trade publication.

Summary

What do legendary leaders from Disney, GE, GM, Johnson and Johnson, Boeing, eBay, Microsoft, Intel, Time Warner, LensCrafters, Chiquita, Walmart, Pepsi, and Saatchi + Saatchi have in common? They all learned the critical importance of values as managers at Procter & Gamble. And, since departing for leadership roles elsewhere, they've all remained members of the P&G Alumni Network. Now you can share the powerful lessons they learned at P&G. The P&G Alumni Network's When Core Values Are Strategic offers no-nonsense insights into why values really are so important, and practical ways to propagate, strengthen, and act on them. Bringing together contributions from influential P&G alumni worldwide, it offers a legacy to future leaders across organizations of every type and size. Discover some of strategies for success:

• Hire well--people who fit your culture and are teachable
• Teach well--mentor and develop your people
• Respect your people--give them responsibility, let them learn from mistakes
• Value family and community--be an interactive part of it all; make the company a family of its own
• Focus all products on the consumer--study and listen, innovate accordingly
• Know your business--know every aspect of your business and communicate what you know clearly among company members
• Build a strong brand, and don't change it

Product details

• Authors: Andy Butcher, Rick Tocquigny
• Publisher: Financial Times
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780132905336
• ISBN: 978-0-13-290533-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 514 g
• Series: Financial Times; FT Press; Financial Times; FT Press
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management