Semper Fi

Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way

by Dan Carrison, Rod WALSH

On Sale: August 30, 2004

Price: $18.99

Book Summary

For more than 200 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has been a paragon of world-class leadership, excelling in the areas of motivation, training, and management. Semper Fi -- which since its hardcover publication has become a best-selling, business leadership classic -- shows readers how to adapt these proven practices for their own organizations.

About the Book

This book goes behind the scenes to pinpoint what works for the U.S. Marine Corps, showing you how to create a training and management culture that brings out the best in all your employees.

For more than 200 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has been a paragon of world-class leadership, excelling in the areas of motivation, training, and management. Semper Fi -- which since its publication has become a best-selling, business leadership classic -- shows you how to adapt these proven practices for your own organizations.

The book gives you tough, practical tips for:

  • inspiring individual initiative
  • rewarding hard work
  • encouraging loyalty
  • working with limited resources
  • dealing with change
  • "leading the troops" at every level of the organization

This is not a pseudo-philosophical book on leadership. Semper Fi is a book you will actually use, read, and refer to again and again.

Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780814472729
  • ISBN 10: 0814472729
  • On Sale: August 30, 2004
  • Pages: 240
  • List Price: $18.99
  • Trim Size: 152.000mm x 229.000mm x 12.000mm
  • Category 1 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
  • Category 2 : HISTORY / Military / Special Forces
  • Category 3 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
  • Category 4 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational
  • Category 5 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Training