Endless Encores

Repeating Success Through People, Products, and Profits

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Pub Date Sep 22 2015 | Archive Date Sep 22 2015
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Description

As difficult as it is to have your first big success, most people find it exponentially harder to repeat success. So many of us, after "bringing the crowd to its feet," worry that we're going to get booed off the stage with our next venture. Is there a way to avoid this, to have multiple hits and "endless encores?"

Technology executive and bestselling author Ken Goldstein shows the way to repeating success by concentrating on three essentials – people, products, and profits, in that order. In this affecting and instructive business parable, he tells the story of a man who has accomplished much but now fears exposure as a fraud and the woman who, as a CEO with multiple successes to her credit, shows him the secret to consistent achievement.

Are you ready to play endless encores? If so, this is your story.

As difficult as it is to have your first big success, most people find it exponentially harder to repeat success. So many of us, after "bringing the crowd to its feet," worry that we're going to get...


Advance Praise

“From Carmen Sandiego to Disney Online to Shop.com to his first book This Is Rage, Ken Goldstein knows about reinvention. Now he has written a parable with insight, charm, and authority.”

– Michael Eisner, CEO, The Tornante Company and author of Working Together

“My creative energies are renewed by Ken Goldstein’s Endless Encores. This is essential reading for anyone who is serious about leadership and creating real change.”

– Rachael Worby, Artistic Director / Music Director, MUSE/IQUE

"Ken Goldstein has penned an insightful new book that demonstrates the power of people, products, and profits. It’s an important tool for managers in all organizations who wish to lead their organization to new heights."

– Gene Del Vecchio, USC Marshall School of Business

“Ken Goldstein has written an inspiring, empowering book that encourages each of us to aspire to the extraordinary—to be exceptional listeners and amazing thinkers—and understand that in the process of reinvention, we can all find our own Endless Encores.”

– Barb Adams, Talk Host, Amerika Now, Genesis Communications Network

“In this delightful narrative, Ken Goldstein explains how managers can create the right conditions in their own business line to make it more likely that profitable products will emerge. And the best reward is a simple list of questions that reveal whether you are on track to do so. I intend to ask them of myself regularly!”

– Emily Smith, President and GM, Media, Brit + Co

“Ken Goldstein has done a masterful job in outlining the importance of making great people decisions and how it impacts leadership as well as the development of a great company. If you follow his advice in Endless Encores, you will have the tools to be a great leader.”

– Robert F. Myers, EVP Development, Hathaway-Sycamores Child & Family Services

“Great read! Compelling message and great reminder for all leaders. Endless Encores is delightful and presents critical lessons for every leader. It is the kind of book we should pick up every now and then. This book helps you refocus.”

– Patricia Wilson, Executive Director / CEO, Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area

"Ken Goldstein has tackled important businesses issues in an entertaining format. This deceptively easy to read story has important lessons on leadership, courage and resilience. Goldstein calls upon his own experience as a CEO to add authenticity to the topics."

– Becky Stein, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

"Full of hard-won business lessons, presented in a delightful and accessible style, Ken Goldstein's latest is both fun to read and full of valuable insights. The deeper truths about blending creative ideals and practical production realities resonated with my own experiences, clearly the result of a lot of trial by combat on Goldstein's part."

– Noah Falstein, Chief Game Designer, Google

“From Carmen Sandiego to Disney Online to Shop.com to his first book This Is Rage, Ken Goldstein knows about reinvention. Now he has written a parable with insight, charm, and authority.”

– Michael...


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ISBN 9781611882087
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