At the Helm: Business Lessons for Navigating Rough Waters

At the Helm : Business Lessons for Navigating Rough Waters
Peter Isler Peter Economy

Format: Hardcover, 240pp.
ISBN: 9780385497961
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Pub. Date: January 2000

Description and Reviews
From The Publisher:

Some of the most prominent and successful CEOs and executives in America are sailors�and with good reason. In both business and sailing, only the best-led, best-trained, most highly motivated teams win. But building a successful "team" takes years of planning, training, practice, and teamwork, with an absolute commitment to winning. In AT THE HELM, two-time America's Cup winner Peter Isler translates the secrets of success in the fast-paced world of grand-prix sailboat racing into a series of specific lessons that managers and businesspeople can apply to their day-to-day jobs.

Liberally sprinkled with entertaining, insightful, and cautionary stories from the world of sailing and business, AT THE HELM shows why it is essential to be able to change course quickly, how to "stack the deck" in your favor, and how to plan for the unexpected. In addition, Isler includes a section on assessing strengths and weaknesses, and offers suggestions on how to become a better "sailor."
The first book to apply the strategies required in putting together a world-class sailing crew to the world of business, AT THE HELM is the perfect mix of business and pleasure.

Reviews

"An imaginative tour de force which makes for fascinating reading. The skill and courage it takes to succeed in the highly competitive business of international yacht racing, it turns out, have some important lessons for those in the executive suites."

�Walter Cronkite

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
Chapter 1	At the Helm	1
Chapter 2	The Art of Sailboat Racing and Business	9
Chapter 3	Rule One--Make a Total Commitment	27
Chapter 4	Rule Two--Build True Team Effort	45
Chapter 5	Rule Three--Stack the Deck in Your Favor	75
Chapter 6	Rule Four--Be Prepared to Change Course Quickly	97
Chapter 7	Rule Five--Expect the Unexpected	121
Chapter 8	Rule Six--Push the Limits	141
Chapter 9	Rule Seven--Master the Inner Game	167
	Epilogue: Rules to Race By	195
	Biographies	199
	Glossary of Sailing Terms	211
	Index	217

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