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Violets. John Smiths autobiography. A cracking read but for anyone contemplating a career in business this should be mandatory reading!
Clients & companies mentioned in Violets include..... Dexion - Tube Investments - Raleigh cycles - Allis Chalmers - Telecommunications - Cycle & Carriage - Sembawang shipyard - Cochin ship building - National Exhibition Centre - Wheway Watson - Press & Shear - Cadbury McVitie Cakes... and more
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No matter what you do in life, you
will be lucky if you do not ask yourself this question "how did
those guys up there get to take decisions affecting me - decisions I
can do nothing about except moan and rant - decisions that can pull
me up or knock me down?" You will be surprised to read how an
ordinary Joe (or John) got into top management and of the guile
needed to stay there Management consultancy is an obvious fast-track to the boardroom. But then again, how do you get into that? Did it require much planning or was it down to pure chance? What is it like inside a firm such as Price Waterhouse? Can you hope to do more than just the assignments that get thrown at you? Can you get to actually manage consultants and will any job be for the Chairman of a client who wants you in his team? Moving on, what is life at the top of a corporation really like? Morality, temperance, legitimacy. All will be tested and the Christian and marital roots tried. Tried and found wanting Violets takes us back to rural England and to steam trains and to pre-computer Balance Sheets. But, more importantly, it takes us forward but not into saccharine times. There is bitterness and failure. Never mind the guys up there, you will be lucky if you are not reading about yourself Once you get started, try putting Violets down |
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Treat
yourself or a friend to "Violets" now.
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