Doomed to Excellence. Secrets of the German Mittelstand
A Guide Book for Entrepreneurs
Christoph Weiss(Author)
Unternehmer Medien GmbH (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 20. July 2009
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-3-937960-06-7 (ISBN)
Description
Although I'm an optimist, there are days when I come home from work feeling depressed. Not because the usual problems at work wear me down, but because I've yet again had the "pleasure" of meeting with entrepreneurs from trade, industry or the service sector and hearing about their woes. Sometimes you can't help but feel sorry for them!
It's always the same old story: either the bank cashes out of the game, the board of directors is rioting, or the biggest client is backing out. And then I hear their cries of helplessness and their whining! But then I realized that those people cannot be helped. They actually enjoy complaining!
I strongly recommend entrepreneurs like that not to read this book. It would make them unhappy because they would see that all their problems are due not to adversity but to themselves!
I wrote this book for entrepreneurs who know that their company's success or failure is by and large in their own hands and know they have to work hard every day at making their company a success. I wrote this book for those who want to be able to say at the end of their careers: "It's because of me, not despite me, that my company has successfully overcome so many obstacles!"-those who want to look back on what they have created with pride!
In this regard, Doomed to Excellence is meant to provoke entrepreneurs whose companies' days are numbered! And whoever does not wake up now will go down with the rest.
It's always the same old story: either the bank cashes out of the game, the board of directors is rioting, or the biggest client is backing out. And then I hear their cries of helplessness and their whining! But then I realized that those people cannot be helped. They actually enjoy complaining!
I strongly recommend entrepreneurs like that not to read this book. It would make them unhappy because they would see that all their problems are due not to adversity but to themselves!
I wrote this book for entrepreneurs who know that their company's success or failure is by and large in their own hands and know they have to work hard every day at making their company a success. I wrote this book for those who want to be able to say at the end of their careers: "It's because of me, not despite me, that my company has successfully overcome so many obstacles!"-those who want to look back on what they have created with pride!
In this regard, Doomed to Excellence is meant to provoke entrepreneurs whose companies' days are numbered! And whoever does not wake up now will go down with the rest.
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Series
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Bonn
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-937960-06-7 (9783937960067)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Dr. Christoph Weiß (born in 1956) studied business administration at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. After earning his doctorate, he worked for four years as controller for Daimler Benz AG; he also served as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. for five years working on international projects in the automobile and chemical industries, in electrical engineering before becoming senior project supervisor in public administration. In 1991, Dr. Weiss took over the management of Festo Tooltechnic GmbH. In 2001, he was appointed as CEO of TTS Tooltechnic Systems AG & Co. KG. From 2006 until 2008, he was managing partner of Alois Müller GmbH & Co. KG, a leading German milkproducer. Currently, he is an associate of Max Holder GmbH, a manufacturer of tractors and sprayers. Dr. Weiss has served on advisory and supervisory boards in numerous leading family-owned enterprises.
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