Up Your Business!: 7 Steps to Fix, Build, or Stretch Your Organization, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded

Foreword by John C. Maxwell vii

Preface ix

Author’s Note xiii

Introduction xvii

1. Always Remember, “It’s the People, Stupid!” 1

2. Abolish Corporate Welfare: Create a Culture of Merit 61

3. Develop Your Human Capital: How to Train, Coach, Mentor, and Retain Eagles 81

4. It’s All Right to Aim High if You Have Plenty of Ammo 127

5. Look in the Mirror: Executing Your Leadership Twelve-Pack 155

6. Survive Success: How to Overcome the Six Temptations of Successful Organizations 203

7. Build Long-Term Vitality: Steps for Execution and Follow-Through 243

8. Close the Gap between Knowing and Doing: Develop the Commitment to Do What Is  Easier Said Than Done 269

Notes 279

Bibliography 281

Index 283

Acknowledgments 289

About the Author 289