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American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA
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American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA

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Ed Whitacre is credited with taking over the corporate reins at General Motors (GM) when the automotive manufacturer was on the brink of bankruptcy during 2009 and turned the company around in magnificent fashion. In this business memoir, the native Texan explores his unique management style, business acumen and patriotism.

It was President Obama who reached out to Ed Whitacre to come out of retirement and take over GM in 2009. A down-to-earth, no-nonsense Texas native with a distinctive Texas twang in his voice, Whitacre was reluctant to come out of retirement to work at GM.

But Whitacre is that rare CEO with great charisma and extraordinary management instincts. And when he got to Detroit, he started to whittle down the corporate bureaucracy right away - and got GM back on track in record time

Before being pulled out of retirement to run GM by Obama, Ed Whitacre had spent his entire corporate career in the telecom business, where he ultimately ended up running AT&T.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 5, 2013
ISBN9781611134957
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American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Solid book by the CEO who turned General Motors around during its stint in the TARP program. Makes it look like management is simple (alltho it's clearly not). Good read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    this is an amazing book. Ed is inspirational and admirable
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very good audio book enjoyed it greatly....well narrated and enthralling