up your business!—7 steps to fix, build, or stretch your organization

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!

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 LearnToLead.com, a cutting-edge Web site that provides free training resources for business leaders.

Foreword by John C. Maxwell.
Preface.
Author’s Note.
Introduction.
1. Always Remember, "It's the People, Stupid!"
2. Abolish Corporate Welfare: Create a Culture of Merit.
3. Develop Your Human Capital: How to Train, Coach, Mentor, and Retain Eagles.
4. It’s All Right to Aim High if You Have Plenty of Ammo.
5. Look in the Mirror: Executing Your Leadership Twelve-Pack.
6. Survive Success: How to Overcome the Six Temptations of Successful Organizations.
7. Build Long-Term Vitality: Steps for Execution and Follow-Through.
8. Close the Gap between Knowing and Doing: Develop the Commitment to Do What Is Easier Said Than Done.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.