Beating the 24/7: How Business Leaders Achieve a Successful Work/Life Balance
Author(s): Winston Fletcher (Author)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 23 Sept. 2002
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 047084762X
ISBN-13: 9780470847626
Book Description
Today’s managers and executives are cash rich but time poor. They are increasingly pressured to succeed in their careers but there is growing awareness of the cost this has on their personal lives. Beating the 24/7 takes as its starting point a set of specially commissioned interviews with some of today’s most high-profile business leaders – including Richard Branson, Dominic Cadbury, Nicola Horlick, Michael Grade and Baroness Hogg. Exploring the complex, interrelated nature of sacrifice and success, Winston Fletcher draws on their experiences to offer powerful lessons for taking control of your personal agenda. Areas such as delegation, personal values and the role of the partner are examined in detail, and a unique diagnostic tool enables readers to calibrate their own ‘Work/Life Ratio’. Beating the 24/7 allows any reader to achieve a good work-life balance and start reaping the benefits.
Editorial Reviews
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“…Drawing upon interviews with very successful business leaders..missed family events and missed children..sounds like you, read this book..” — Professional Manager, January 2003
“…useful reading for agencies that want to implement the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s best-practice guidelines on work-life balance..” —
Marketing, 20 February 2003
“..an absorbing insight into the ways leading business figures achieve fulfilment in their work and home lives…” —
The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 15 November 2002
“..an admirable book, a serious and helpful contribution to an important personal and business issue..” —
The Reformer, Winter 2003
” Winston Fletchers’s recent book on work-life balance, contains interviews with some of the countries leading workaholics ” —
The Independent, 18 January 2003
…an insightful, thought-provoking and, above all, an optimistic book… —
Management Today, 2 September, 2002
Britain’s most well-known business people tell us how they work hard, play hard – and beat the clock —
Independent on Sunday, 29 September, 2002
I loved Beating The 24/7 —
Shirley Conran (President and Founder of the Work-Life Balance Trust)
Read the lively and entertaining Beating the 24/7 2 —
Talking Business, November, 2002
From the Inside Flap
The business men and women whose stories are featured in this book are as follows:
Richard Sykes Dominic Cadbury Michael Grade Sarah Hogg Colin Marshall George Bull Christopher Bland Rosalyn Wilton Peter Davis Clive Hollick Helen Alexander John Clare Michael Perry Nicola Horlick Richard Branson Dennis Stevenson
From the Back Cover
This remarkable book takes a fresh look at the all-important topic of striking a successful work/life balance. The conflicting demands of family life, increased business travel and proliferating means of communication have all contributed to a downward spiral in the quality of life for modern workers. Although awareness of the issues of career vs home life has been around since the 1970s, little has been done beyond the introduction of ineffectual legislation to significantly enhance our lot.
Beating the 24/7 takes as its starting point a set of specially commissioned interviews with 16 of the most accomplished businessmen and women in the UK, including Sir Richard Branson, Michael Grade CBE, Nicola Norlick and Sir Christopher Bland. Each interview is an exploration of success, despite the many sacrifices along the way, and gives hope to everyone that a satisfactory work/life balance can be achieved.
What is clear is that the way forward lies in taking control of your own personal agenda. Even companies with a sound work/life balance philosophy depend on the individual making choices for themselves. Readers also have a unique opportunity to calibrate themselves using the Work/Life Ratio, enabling you to see where you stand.
Use the powerful lessons contained in this book to ensure that you take control of your work/life balance – and start reaping the benefits.
About the Author
WINSTON FLETCHER is Chairman of the Royal Institution and of The Advertising Standards Board of Finance. He is a Trustee of Barnardo’s and of the Open College of the Arts, is a Visiting Professor at Lancaster University Management School and is on the Advisory Council of the Barbican. He launched two successful advertising agencies and has been Chairman of the Advertising Association, a President of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and a Council Member of the Advertising Standards Authority. He was founder Chairman of the World Advertising Research Center. He has published ten books and well over 1000 articles in national newspapers and magazines. His books include: The Admakers; Teach Yourself Advertising; Meetings, Meetings; SuperEfficiency; Tantrums & Talent; and The Manipulators (a novel).
Attracting Equity Investors: Positioning, Preparing, and Presenting the Business Plan
Author(s): Dean A. Shepherd (Author), Evan J. Douglas (Author)
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication Date: 20 April 1999
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 192 pages
ISBN-10: 0761914765
ISBN-13: 9780761914761
Book Description
Attracting Equity Investors is designed to help entrepreneurs successfully obtain equity capital. This book discusses how to evaluate a business concept from an investor′s perspective and then moves to practical issues such as how to strategically position, prepare, and present the business plan. It recognizes that there is very real competition for the funds that are available. To obtain funding, the entrepreneur must stand out among the competitors. He or she must tell a compelling story in a very convincing manner and be able to answer confidently all questions posed by the potential investor. But more than simply obtaining the funding, the entrepreneur′s objective should be to obtain the funding on the best terms possible. Therefore, this book is about organizing your business, writing and presenting a winning business plan, and showing that the management team is the right group of people to be taking that business opportunity forward toward fruition. Attracting Equity Investors is the definitive “getting equity capital” book. Attracting Equity Investors is appropriate for college-level courses in entrepreneurship, business plan writing, new venture funding, strategic management, organizational studies, marketing, economics, and technology management. It will also serve as an excellent resource for entrepreneurs who are actively seeking funding and need to know how to go about it, effectively and economically.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Evan J. Douglas, Queensland University of Technology and Dean A. Shepherd, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
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