Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0787988618 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yes, Conley started the California boutique hotel chain Joie de Vivre Hospitality with the Phoenix Hotel, once a haven for faded rock stars. Though Stephen Covey and Peter Drucker have looked to Maslow before, Conley describes how using the pyramid saved his company from bankruptcy when the dot-com bubble burst. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. And yes, he quotes liberally from rebel CEOs who surf. Conley is most successful when he expresses his ideas in numbered lists rather than the wordy passages that slow down the beginning. . On the whole, though, his advice is inspiring and accessible. At the center of this confessional how-to is psycholog
Conley explains how to understand the motivations of employees, customers, bosses, and investors, and use that understanding to foster better relationships and build an enduring and profitable corporate culture.. For relief and inspiration, Conley, the CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, turned to psychologist Abraham Maslow's iconic Hierarchy of Needs. After fifteen years of rising to the pinnacle of the hospitality industry, Chip Conley's company was suddenly undercapitalized and overexposed in the post-dot, post-9/11 economy. This book explores how Conley's company "the second largest boutique hotelier in the world" overcame the storm that hit the travel industry by applying Maslow's theory to what Conley identifies as the key Relationship Truths in business with Employees, Customers and Investors. Part memoir, part theory, and part application, the book tells of Joie de Vivre's remarkable transformation while providing real world examples from other companies and showing how readers can bring about similar changes in their work and personal lives
Transformation by Hotel Geoff Garland Visit Zappos' headquarters in Las Vegas and they offer you a copy of "Peak". Each new employee at Zappos gets one too. Why? The Relationship Truths Pyramid captures the "heart" of author Chip Conley's vision, incorporating Maslow's needs pyramid with the three core elements of business--cus. "Personal and Practical" according to Yoni Levitan. As much as I was disappointed with Tony Hsiesh's book "Delivering Happiness" I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I should note that while familiar with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, this was the first time I read something that applied his ideas to the world of business in a formal/sy. Five Stars Everyone in business should read this book and apply its principles