About this title: In this frank memoir, Miller reveals a rarely seen side of American management. Known for his wry sense of humor, Miller talks about what it takes to be an executive. He shares the credit for his success with his "mentor and occasional tormentor," Margaret Kyger Miller, who was his wife and ally for forty years. Her death opens the book and reminds the reader that this will be a blunt and unsparing look at Miller's own education as an American executive.
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Binding: book Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780061251276ISBN:0061251275
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 252 pages. 9.30 x 6.30 x 1.00 in. 17.6 oz. A corporate restructure expert documents the price that has been paid by American employees to promote national industry efforts, tracing key conflicts in the arenas of pension benefits, health-care insurance, and the work-life balance. 50, 000 first printing. read more
Binding: AUDIO CD
Publisher: Tantor Media
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781400106127ISBN:1400106125
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Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Date Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN-13:9781400156122ISBN:1400156122
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2008-04-01
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Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Hardcover
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Date Published: 2008
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"We'll have to see if I leave it at two stars, or reduce it to one in the next few weeks....
Miller certainly has the resume to write a book like this. Unfortunately, he has the ego for a shelf of books like this, all condensed into this one volume.
While I enjoyed the facts of Miller's experiences, and even his judgements and choices, I kept choking on his tremendous self esteem. I found two of his targets particularly troubling. His venom towards Lee Iacocca was unjustified. As an Iacocca fan, I knew most of Lee's foibles before reading this book, but have never seen him in the overall negative context that Miller portrays here. Secondly, I found it downright uncomfortable when Miller pointed out so many of his wife's flaws, but none of his own.
There are many egocentrics who see the world as Miller does, fortunately they have the judgement to NOT publish their internal monologue."
"Business books, and especially war-story type memoirs, can often be pedantic without actually providing much substance. Miller beautifully avoids this pitfall and writes an excellent book that provides a look both at Miller personally and at the business situations he handled in his varied and interesting career. I would highly recommend this book to anyone at all interested in the problems facing modern business, particularly old-line businesses like the auto makers and steel industrial giants that Miller assisted. The first chapter is also a quite lovely tribute to Miller's wife of nearly forty years who died of brain cancer in 2006.
Overall, the book occasionally bogged down into too much description of the names and personalities of the individuals with whom Miller worked, but was mostly highly readable and worthwhile. Miller gives a clear picture of the job of a top consultant faced with companies in crisis and was willing to give a more clear and honest account of the problems and difficult compromises he was forced to make to try to bring these companies back from the brink of failure. The book is a valuable addition to the universe both of business books and memoirs.
In the final chapter Miller gives his perspective on the grand problems of pension plan liabilities and health care costs. His suggestions are sweeping and do not actually provide action plans so much as identify known problems. Nonetheless, because the book was so well-written and thoughtful, Miller seemed to earn the right to comment on these larger problems facing companies."
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