Tough Calls by Allan Leighton

Tough Calls by Allan Leighton

Focuses on specific decisions the author has made in the course of his career - at ASDA, Royal Mail and elsewhere - and describes the thought processes behind them. Taking into account facts that were known to them at the time, this title outline their approaches to breaking down often highly complex problems into achievable solutions.

Admirable stuff… I have no doubt Tough Calls will follow Leighton's On Leadership onto the bestseller chartsIt deserves to … We need leaders of Leighton's simple, direct, analytical and visionary stamp to see our great corporations through. Tough Calls is a topical read indeed -- Tim Waterstone * Management Today *
Tough Calls should be compulsory reading for anyone aspiring to the boardroom. But, equally, it is a useful guide for leaders and decision-makers in many walks of life, from voluntary organizations to community councils * The Herald *
There are many enjoyable moments in Allan Leighton’s latest book, Tough Calls * Independent *
An engaging, very readable collection of business anecdotes from such luminaries as Sir Terry Leahy and Archie Norman * Business XL *
Unlike many other authors in this field, [Allan Leighton] doesn’t try to bamboozle you with jargon or fancy theories; he tells it like it is * Asian Trader *

Allan Leighton began his career at Mars confectionery, where he rose to become Group Marketing Director before leaving to join the loss-making ASDA supermarket chain. There he was credited with turning what he once described as a 'basket case' into a highly successful company that was sold to US retail giant Wal-Mart for £6.7 billion in 1999.

When he left his position as President and Chief Executive of Wal-Mart Europe he famously coined the phrase 'going plural' as he took on non-executive positions at a string of companies, including lastminute.com, BHS, BSkyB and Selfridges. He was the longest serving chairman of Royal Mail Group until 2009, and is currently non-executive director of a number of companies. His first book, On Leadership, was a bestseller when it appeared in 2007.

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ISBN 13	9781847940544
ISBN 10	1847940544
Title	Tough Calls
Author	Allan Leighton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2012-03-01
Number of pages	288
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