Everybody wins : the story and lessons behind RE/MAX / Phil Harkins, Keith Hollihan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harkins, Philip J.

Contributor:

Hollihan, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

RE/MAX (Firm).

Real estate business.

Real estate agents.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2005]

Summary:

Everybody Wins is a detailed, compelling account of how RE/MAX grew into one of the largest real estate networks in the world. More than that, however, it provides firsthand lessons to leaders on how to drive growth in their own organizations.

Coauthors Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan studied seven global companies and did a thorough case study of RE/MAX. They analyzed financial information of the companies and were given full, unrestricted access to RE/MAX files, information, and personnel. The result is a gripping, step-by-step inside story of one company's road to competitive mastery, with guidelines for emulating the positives while recognizing and sidestepping the roadblocks.

Valuable for all managing and leading organizations, Everybody Wins features: Guidance and ideas from colorful RE/MAX chairman and cofounder Dave Liniger, a high-impact leader cut from the same cloth as Sam Walton and Ray Kroc, Hands-on techniques for leading an organization through tough times and actually moving ahead during low tide-when you can "see the rocks", Strategies for focusing all employees on a common goal, while still promoting and rewarding their entrepreneurial instincts, A template for getting top-to-bottom employee involvement and developing a culture in which everyone both contributes ideas and carries the boxes, Additional detailed case studies of six of today's top high-growth/high-impact companies-BMW, Canon, McDonald's, Nokia, Toyota, and Wal-Mart

Everybody Wins combines a full-color snapshot of one of today's most remarkable companies with an exhilarating, universally applicable template for breakthrough business success. At a time in which companies struggle to register consistent growth against what can seem like insurmountable odds, this entrepreneurial idea-book presents a model for turning bold innovation, constant improvement, hard-driving persistence, and genuine passion into unmatched success-not just for the founder or the officers but for customers, vendors, and all individuals who dedicate their professional lives to the company.

Contents:

The radical reward-sharing idea that over-turned an industry

Anybody who said yes : drawing the right people to a dream

What business are we really in? discovering the niche, honing the dream

One log makes a lousy fire : building the brand, spreading the dream

Shackleton leadership : "by endurance we conquer"

Eagles don't flock : spreading the principles of an everybody wins culture

Creating a pace line project culture : turning ideas into growth

Soaring above the crowd : staying true to the dream across borders and generations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.

ISBN:

0471710245

OCLC:

56559459