<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From best-selling author Jeffrey J. Fox, how the savvy see opportunity -- and capitalize on it</b> <p>Economic downturns separate the winning companies from the struggling. And as best-selling author Jeffrey J. Fox shows, tough times also give solid companies, strong managers, and potential rainmakers the opportunity to seize market share. In this eminently readable, practical resource for business leaders and managers, Fox explains exactly <i>how</i> the savvy few who rise to the top stay focused and alert, get new market share, hire good recently fired talent, increase investments into customer service, speed innovation, train all customer facing people, make acquisitions, get rid of underperformers, build brand names, pay for measurable performance, and lots more.</p> <p>Potential rainmakers, CEOS, marketing superstars, and great bosses have long turned to Jeffrey J. Fox for advice. Now he shows exactly what to do to weather any climate.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Fox ("How to Become a Rainmaker") explores the best practicesof fierce competitors and how they gain market share, seizeopportunity, and win when the stakes are the highest. With multiplebulleted lists of key action items, he swiftly covers a wide arrayof timely topics, including why bad times are actually good times, the benefits of piling up cash in tough times, and being cautiouswhile showing fearlessness. He also encourages executives to playrelevant "what if" games, always have a plan, stay offmagazine covers, and be obsessive about execution. Of particularvalue are the sections on employee relations, which offercounterintuitive actions that reap big rewards on reservedexecutive parking spots, unionization, nurturing those hired andacquired, pruning dead wood, and cutting out all bureaucracy. Thisconcise book will give motivated managers and executives theguidance they need to successfully bring their organizations to thenext level. "(Mar.)" ("Publishers Weekly," January 25,2010) <P>"The new book is comprised of 60 Chapters. You could read it ina sitting, or more likely, a flight from New York to Chicago. Andas with every Jeff Fox book and every Jeff Fox page, you might wishit was printed on only one side of each page, so you could take theentire book apart and paste the pages all over your office and evenyour bathroom. This is stuff you want to remember and use and sharewith your colleagues every day, because there is no way you canfollow Fox's advice and not succeed in business and in life."--Huffington Post, March 12, 2010-03-24<P>"This concise book will give motivated managers and executivesthe guidance they need to successfully bring their organizations tothe next level."--Publishers Weekly, January 1, 2010<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Jeffrey Fox</strong> (Chester, CT) is an accomplished consultant, popular speaker and the acclaimed author of a series of the?international business best-sellers, <em>How to Become CEO, How to Become a Raimaker, </em> and <em>Secrets of Great Rainmakers, </em> among others. Fox is the founder and president of Fox & Company, Inc., a marketing consulting firm that specializes in marketing strategy development, innovation enhancement, selling skills training, branding, and various applications of a proprietary value-selling methodology called dollarization. Prior to starting Fox & Co. Jeffrey was Vice-President, Marketing and a Corporate Vice President of Loctite Corporation. He was also Director of Marketing for the wine division of The Pillsbury Co., and held various senior level marketing jobs at Heublein, Inc. including Director of New Products. Jeffrey is the winner of Sales & Marketing Management magazine's Outstanding Marketer Award; winner of the American Marketing Association's Outstanding Marketer in CT; and the National Industrial Distributors award as the Nation's Best Industrial Marketer. He is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study that is rated one of the top 100 case studies, and is thought to be the most widely taught marketing case in the world. Jeffrey graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as Trustee of Trinity College, and has won several alumni awards including Person of the Year. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Saint Francis Hospital, one of the nation's top 100 hospitals.<br />For more information, please visit Fox & Company's website: www.foxandcompany.com
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