Business Bathroom Bible
Deiric McCann with Jim Sirbasku & Bud Haney
This is a series of forty (one) short essays on a practically
based approach to implementing key strategies to develop and maintain your
business.
The articles are snappy, focused and motivated to action
through practical steps. Each subject covered is carefully considered and the
primary actions required to lead to lead to key results are clearly set out. Consider this as a toolbox for the
trade of enterprise development. There is a whole range of tools available and
whilst most are specific to particular areas, some espouse general principles
that can be applied in many areas. However, do not consider this to be a panacea
for all ills. The particular strengths are in the areas of Sales & Marketing,
Personnel & Team Building and Management Development, with less emphasis on
Operations, Production, Finance & Administration.
The book is cleverly written. Most of the articles can be
readily absorbed within a five minute sitting though some make for a slightly
longer session. However, none of them will cause a crisis for any developing
bathroom queues!
This is an excellent source of readily prepared essays to
reinforce a specific issue or matter that you may have discussed with a client
or prospective client. As a give away, I’d use individual articles rather than
the book itself. As a total package, I’d be inclined to leave it with a client
at the end of an assignment; hopefully at a stage that they have embraced change
and are already applying many of the strategies.
The Business Bathroom Bible is a deceptively easy read. Treat
it as a quick read and there is a surfeit of ideas. It is a book of ideas to
digest, absorb and apply! This book may have an excess of (un)common sense and
force you to think. Be careful in your application. Follow the author’s advice.
It has 277 pages and it will take about three hours to read
over an extended period.
In rating this, it is another book that I’d give it at least
four out of five stars.
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Alan Tracey, April 2004.
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