By Jim Underwood
Impressive perception into the management tradition of 1 of the world's biggest cosmetics businesses it really is no mystery that Mary Kay Inc. -- domestic of the recognized "Pink Cadillac" -- is likely one of the top run and so much profitable businesses on the earth, prompting Harvard professors and U.S. executive organisations to review what made the corporate an international phenomenon. yet what many of us won't notice is that Mary Kay is way greater than a red Cadillac. whereas this well known icon is a logo of most sensible functionality, it stands for anything higher - a fashion of doing company with a private hindrance for those who has made Mary Kay a distinct type of corporation. This publication explains the equipment and attitude that could deliver a similar form of luck on your association. greater than a crimson Cadillac offers insights right into a specific and terribly profitable enterprise - person who grew out of, and remains to be based upon, an easy set of robust ideas. It represents the 1st time the corporate has given an outdoor writer -- Jim Underwood -- limitless entry to its staff and administration. the foundations he finds during this publication have already encouraged the lives of thousands of fellows and girls worldwide - and so they can do an analogous in your association.
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I think there are nine keys. They have emerged out of studies of a number of truly successful companies. Almost across the board, it is clear that the companies that achieve sustainable success emulate these behaviors. If you have read the first two chapters, you won’t be surprised to learn that Mary Kay Inc. understands and practices the behaviors suggested by the nine keys. In fact, the company and its leaders do an exceptional job in this regard, and this consistent behavior leads to the kinds of results that others want to emulate.
They are bedrock principles for personal success. Now we get to the question of sustainable success. What are the keys to achieving sustainable success? That is the question that will be answered in the remainder of this book. I think there are nine keys. They have emerged out of studies of a number of truly successful companies. Almost across the board, it is clear that the companies that achieve sustainable success emulate these behaviors. If you have read the first two chapters, you won’t be surprised to learn that Mary Kay Inc.
It was this simple yet powerful principle that drove everything Mary Kay did and everything she taught people to do. At the beginning Mary Kay decided that the company would apply the Golden Rule to every business problem—even legal matters. This was unorthodox, to say the least. Most executives involved in corporate legal battles go on the offensive, taking an aggressive approach regardless of who is right or wrong. Not Mary Kay. And in those early days one new employee, an attorney, found out just how serious Mary Kay was in applying the Golden Rule to her business.