Cover of Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success

Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success

This BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal Business, and New York Postbestseller is now in paperback!

"Joe Torre is not only a winner but a man who exemplifies leadership for the new millennium. Great book that's on the money."—Rick Pitino, bestselling author of Success Is a Choice

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With three World Series Championships under his belt in four years, who better to give advice on managing than the most beloved and successful manager of the New York Yankees, Joe Torre? With entertaining stories from his experiences with the always colorful Yankees, he reveals the twelve keys to his successful management philosophy keys directly applicable to business and to life, from how to handle tough bosses to earning the trust and respect of your team players.

"Perhaps more than any other manager, Joe Torre understands that success is the product of hard work, patience, a little luck, and maintaining perspective."—Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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