Dave Anderson 
Up Your Business! 
7 Steps to Fix, Build, or Stretch Your Organization, Revised and Expanded

Praise for the first edition of Up Your Business!

‘Dave Anderson has hit another home run! Up Your Business! is an
invaluable, highly readable guide that should be on the desk–and
in the mind–of anyone demanding top-level performance from
themselves and others.’

–James Strock, author, Reagan on Leadership and Theodore Roosevelt
on Leadership

‘Up Your Business! is a powerful blueprint for companies looking to
take their business to the next level. It is one of the most
powerful books on business and leadership I have ever read and will
be a major component of Saga Communications’ leadership
training.’

–Warren Lada, Senior Vice President, Saga Communications,
Inc.

‘Once again, Dave Anderson puts it all together in a way that
almost makes you think he’s been looking over your shoulder all
these years. Chapter two alone, ‘Abolish Corporate Welfare: Create
a Culture of Merit, ‘ is worth the time it takes to read the entire
book.’

–Mike Roscoe, founder and President, Horizon Communications

‘Finally . . . a business book that gets to the heart of what
matters and creates usable templates that could help any business
thrive.’

–Roxanne Emmerich, author, Thank God It’s Monday!

Зміст

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

Про автора

DAVE ANDERSON is an entrepreneur, columnist, trainer, speaker, and author of two other Wiley books, If You Don’t Make Waves, You’ll Drown and How to Deal with Difficult Customers. He is also President of Dave Anderson’s Learn To Lead and Learn To Lead.com, a cutting-edge Web site that provides free training resources for business leaders.