Driving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming An Iconic Company - Hardcover

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GARY A. GARFIELD is the former CEO, President, and Chairman of Bridgestone Americas, Inc., the successor to the iconic Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. It is a 55,000 person company with operations on five continents, and the largest subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation. As the CEO, Garfield led the transformation of Bridgestone Americas, driving it to grow profits more than five-fold during his six year tenure. He is a speaker, consultant, and guest lecturer who has presented at Yale, Wharton, Vanderbilt, West Point, and many other institutions.

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Praise for DRIVING RESULTS

“Wow! I absolutely love this book. The six lessons Gary addresses in this book are spot on. As a business consultant in Operational Excellence and Culture Change for the past 25 years, I have learned a great deal, and what Gary offers here is a well-researched practical and credible guide for any leader seeking to inspire innovative change and inspiring results. I will not hesitate to recommend it to every aspiring and accomplished leader I know, including C-Suite executives from some of the world’s leading organizations. Thank you, Gary, for this very informative and enlightening book!”

―JOHN MURPHY, Founder & CEO of Venture Management Consultants, Inc. and award-winning author

“Driving Results is an inspiring and practical book about leading change at one of the world’s most iconic companies. The wisdom inside offers a blueprint to implement effective change through more effective Leadership, Vision, Culture, People, Alignment, and Focused Execution. I love the leadership insights packed inside this book, and more importantly I love that everyone who reads it will be moved to do something right away to drive results for themselves.”

―ADRIAN GOSTICK, New York Times bestselling author of All In and Leading with Gratitude

“If you are looking to build a culture that is people focused, a culture that attracts and retains great talent, and one that drives superior results… you need a play book. Here it is. Read it, share it and do it! Play to win.”

―CHESTER ELTON, bestselling author of The Carrot Principle & Leading With Gratitude

“Gary has written an inspirational book of what people working together, aligned under committed leadership, can accomplish. The winning process in this book is a roadmap for success for those committed to follow it.”

―DAN MOORE, President, Southwestern Advantage

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Company turnarounds are no easy feat. Nor is it easy to successfully drive significant change. Studies have shown that over two-thirds of all change efforts fail. Dysfunctional and entrenched corporate cultures, leadership problems and other issues so often doom transformation efforts and a leader’s agenda.

In Driving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company, veteran executive Gary A. Garfield delivers an inspiring and actionable blueprint for business change and transformation that is as hands-on as it is original. In the book, you’ll explore the six key elements necessary to successfully drive change in any organization, department, or team: leadership, vision, culture, people, alignment, and focused execution.

Garfield draws on his extensive experience at an iconic American company to inform his singularly effective approach. His laser-focus on the six key elements of change enables you to overcome obstacles to your change effort, and allows you to implement the strategies you need to achieve the results you want.

Driving Results relies on startling insights into dysfunctional organizations, what makes them tick, and how to get them back on track. It also explains in specific detail how to sell the changes that need to be made across the organization and then how to implement those changes in ways that guarantee your vision will become a reality.

A must-read compilation of thought-provoking and practical strategies for enabling dramatic change in any organization, department or group, Driving Results is the hands-on business transformation blueprint that executives and managers have been waiting for.