Robert Slater

Behind the scenes with the legendary CEO Jack Welch’s innovative leadership strategies revived a lagging GE, transforming it into a powerhouse with a staggering $300 billion-plus market capitalization. In writing Jack Welch and the GE Way, author Robert Slater was given unprecedented access to Welch and other prominent GE insiders. What emerged is a brilliant portrait that tells you what makes Jac

"If leadership is an art, then surely Jack Welch has proved himself a master painter." -- BusinessWeek on Jack Welch Jack Welch on Leadership distills the bestselling Jack Welch and the GE Way into 23 of Welch's leadership secrets and traits, and provides Welch devotees across the nation and around the globe with a rare glimpse into the mind and methods of the man Tom Brokaw dubbed "the smartest b

"If management is an art, then surely Jack Welch has proved himself a master painter."- BusinessWeek Boardroom legend Jack Welch is widely regarded as one of the most effective CEOs in business history. Welch’s groundbreaking programs—including Six Sigma and Work-Out—along with his numerous strategies on business leadership have helped transform GE into the global benchmark for maximized pro

Recounts the talent agent's rise to power in the entertainment industry and his downfall as the president of the Walt Disney Company.

The first authorized inside look at a major mutual fund company! Vanguard is, in the eyes of man, the most influential mutual fund company in America. Now the Vanguard Experiment chronicles Vanguard--from startup in 1975 to the second-largest mutual fund company in the nation today and the industry's number one sercice firm--reveals how John c. bogle, Chairman of the Vanguard Group, realized his r

Presents a life of the New York real-estate magnate, with an analysis of his gift for self-promotion, his hands-on management style, and his deft use of the media to boost the ratings of his popular TV show, "The Apprentice."

Most investors can only dream of the financial success the legendary investor George Soros has attained. Soros began accruing his incredible fortune after establishing the Quantum Fund in 1969, launching an unprecedented financial career in which he presided over assets that grew by an average rate of 35 percent per year.This financial wizard is perhaps most famous for taking a ten billion d

Until now, the brilliant methods and tactics that world-renowned investor and hedge fund king George Soros used to amass billions have remained a closely-guarded secret. In The Unauthorized Biography, renowned biographer and former Time reporter Robert Slater has looked behind closed doors to reveal the unique philosophy and investment strategies that have given this Hungarian-born billionaire eno

Martha Stewart is the most famous and wealthy woman on earth--a person whose name is a brand and whose influence touches virtually every home in North America. This is the Martha Stewart story you have never heard It is the behind-the-scenes story of arrogance and miscalculation that led Martha to a trial that should never have happened...her life in a federal prison cell, told by those who were t

Do business like Jack Welch When Jack Welch took the reins of General Electric in 1981, he reformulated GE in his own image -- tough, smart, competitive, and relentless. First published in 1994, Get Better or Get Beaten became a bestseller as managers sought to understand and mimic the success ;of the man lauded by Fortune as "...perhaps the most admired CEO of his generation." Now, on the eve of

Documents the achievements of Wal-Mart throughout the past ten years, revealing how the company survived the death of CEO Sam Walton and explaining the strategies and decisions that enabled it to become one of America's Fortune 500 companies. 75,000 first printing.

An examination of Microsoft's reinvention under the leadership of CEO Steve Ballmer discusses the ways in which the company survived such challenges as a federal antitrust trial, the dot-com revolution, and a recession, relating how it implemented numerous successful changes to become the world's second most recognizable brand. 50,000 first printing.

Documents how Lou Gerstner rescued IBM and discusses his leadership secrets

Filled with facts, trivia, photographs, and statistics, an updated reference furnishes concise portraits of more than 150 important Jewish athletes, including Sandy Koufax, Kerry Strug, Daniel Mendoza, Esther Roth, and many others.

Examines the political career and turbulent private life of the Israeli prime minister from her youth in America through her immigration to Palestine and her rise in government to the leadership of the State of Israel

In March 2000 Cisco Systems, with a market capitalization of $531 billion, was the most valuable company on the planet. With 44,000 employees and a stock price at $80 per share, Cisco was poised for unstoppable growth and unending glory. Six months later with the crisp smell of cold cash in the air, Cisco president and CEO John Chambers vowed to change the world. Who knew that in a matter of days

The historic elevation of Yitzhak Rabin to prime minister of Israel in 1992 brought new hope for lasting peace in the Middle East. His Labor party's triumph signaled a new attitude on the part of the Israeli people, a desire for an end to decades of wearying conflict.Yet this man in whom so many have placed their hopes remains an enigma. Rabin, a fierce and uncompromising military leader whose act

Through rare and exclusive interviews with Jack Welch and dozens of GE insiders, internationally renowned Time Magazine reporter Robert Slater gives readers an inside look into General Electric and the bold leader responsible for GE's magic.

This revealing account deals not only with those giant figures who perpetrated takeovers, but also with other featured investment bankers, attorneys, and arbitrageurs.

Who are the masterminds of today's electronic revolution and what motivated them? That's the question Time correspondent Robert Slater asked as he traveled to Silicon Valley to interview the designers, entrepreneurs, hardware engineers, and software writers who have given us the modern computer. Robert Slater is a member of the reporting staff of the Time Jerusalem bureau.

Profiles Dayan's early years on Palestine's first Kibbutz, creation of the Israeli Defense Force, and role in the Camp David negotiations

Juvenile educational book about sports.

Chronicles the evolution of the controversial network from its birth in 1928, through its rise to prominence, to its slow decline, focusing on the luminaries who have figured in the rise and fall of CBS

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Education today is increasingly focused on tests and testing. Teachers are being judged on how much they can increase test scores from one year to the next. These year-to-year gains in scores are part of a "value-added" approach to teacher evaluation, and value-added teacher assessment is all the rage now. A main point of this book is that while teachers do add value when they enable students to i

Twenty years after that grave night of November 4, 1995, when Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was felled by an Israeli assassin's bullets, Robert Slater goes back to once again explore the man, politician and leader – a leader whose personal history paralleled that of his country, a onetime warrior that became a peacemaker. As the life of Yitzhak Rabin unfolds, the story of Israel is Rabin w

How To Do a Dissertation in Record Time with Government A Primer is written to help students in the social sciences and education do their dissertations in as few as four years from start to finish. Its purpose is to show doctoral students how to conceptualize, formulate and investigate a research problem using government data. Two data sets are used. One is the General Social Survey (GSS), which