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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

Good Company is an inspiring and uplifting read for those of us working to bring about a values-based leadership revolution. The two companies in the “highest” category were United Parcel Service and Walt Disney. Critics of this book will likely try to dismiss it as left wing propaganda describing an unrealistic utopia.

Company 53
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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation.

Company 10