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                          What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World
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                          • Stuart Trier's Review Of What I learned from Sam Walton
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                          Praise for WHAT I LEARNED FROM SAM WALTON

                          "Michael Bergdahl's book presents unique insights into the staggering international success of Wal-Mart. Throughout the pages of this book, you can almost hear Sam Walton himself coaching and inspiring his legion of employees to greatness."
                          -Tracy Mullin, President and CEO, National Retail Federation

                          "Retailers, non-retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers will enjoy Bergdahl's insights into Wal-Mart's service culture and its leadership icon, Sam Walton."
                          -Roger J. Dow, Senior Vice President Global and Field SalesMarriott International, Inc.

                          Bergdahl outlines his competitive strategy with the acronym P.O.C.K.E.T.S.

                          P-Price: Don't try to compete on price; differentiate your product selection.

                          O-Operations: Break the retail "ready, shoot, aim" tactical orientation bydeveloping an actual strategy to compete.

                          C-Culture: Build a can-do culture with a strong sense of urgency. Communicate your values and beliefs over and over again to your employees.

                          K-Key Item Promotion/Product: Determine who you are and uniformly communicate your brand message to your entire team.

                          E-Expenses: Become obsessed about controlling costs.

                          T-Talent: Recruit constantly and hire people who have both experience and high potential.

                          S-Service: Never take your customer for granted. Empower your employees to make decisions involving customer concerns.

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                          A behind-the-scenes look at Wal-Mart's successful business strategies and tactics
                          What I Learned from Sam Walton unlocks the secrets to Wal-Mart's success and provides answers to these and many other questions. As a former Wal-Mart employee, author Michael Bergdahl had the opportunity to see the Wal-Mart executive team in action. He also had the chance to work directly with Sam Walton. These experiences have provided Bergdahl with a treasure trove of great lessons, experiences, and stories that he now shares throughout the pages of this book. Readers will be introduced to Wal-Mart's unique strategy for competitive success and through the strategy known as P.O.C.K.E.T.S. (Price, Operations, Culture, Key item promotion, Expenses, Talent, Service) will learn how to compete and survive in the shadow of the world's largest company. What I Learned from Sam Walton discloses a business legend's secret strategies for achieving long-lasting success and provides competitors with a road map to successful competition.
                          Michael Bergdahl (Pittsburgh, PA) worked for Wal-Mart, under Sam Walton. He has also worked as a turnaround specialist for American Eagle Outfitters. He gained experience on the supplier side working for PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Division.

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                          5 out of 5 stars Very helpful.......2005-09-02

                          It's an inside about the largest retailer in the world. In my opinion it's a very accurate picture not only of the operations, but also of the company's spirit. The description is far more accurate because M. Bergdahl is an outsider that knows other companies as well.

                          4 out of 5 stars Not a MUST Read , but a GOOD Read.......2005-07-09

                          Yup, I realize people would say , oh yeezz npt another Walmart book. !!! But the catchy part of this books overall emphasis is the subtitle : `How to compete and thrive in a Walmart world'.

                          It's a really easy read book, all of just around 225 pages and has neatly divided the book as follws : POCKETS

                          · Introduction

                          · Chapter 1 : Pricing strategies and Tactics

                          · Chapter 2 : Operational Strategies and Tactics

                          · Chapter 3 : Cultural Strategies and Tactics

                          · Chapter 4 : Key Item/Product Strategies and Tactics

                          · Chapter 5 : Expense Control Strategies and Tactics

                          · Chapter 6 : Talent Strategies and Tactics

                          · Chapter 7 : Service Strategies and Tactic

                          · Conclusion

                          Though the book is an easy read, the author does tend to go round and round once in a while and could have really saved 50-75 odd pages. But manages to keep the reader alive by using his personal experiences and those of others with Walmart .

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                          4 out of 5 stars Stuart Trier's Review Of What I learned from Sam Walton.......2005-05-05

                          ANYONE in retail can benefit from reading this book. These days, any business other than Wal-Mart, is viewed as a "small business". This book provides detailed strategies and tactics for gaining the edge on the competition--no matter who that competition is. Heck, the forms in the Appendix are worth the price of the book! Bergdahl's style is well researched and is filled with first-hand experiences from the retail giant from Bentonville, Arkansas.

                          5 out of 5 stars A Great Branding Book.......2005-03-26

                          The key to Wal-Mart's success may be a 7:00 a.m. meeting each Saturday. While competitors are rubbing the sleep from their eyes, 500 top managers gather at headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. They discuss current performance and future goals in free-wheeling discussions that may even feature visits by GE or Disney executives or even country music stars like Garth Brooks.

                          Michael Bergdahl, author of What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World, points out the benefits of such meetings, where everyone has to pay for their own coffee and donuts at an honor bar. Every manager hears the same message in the same way. Ideas, successes and failures are shared. Strategic execution can begin while competitors are playing golf.

                          "I believe competitors who are losing the competitive battle against Wal-Mart (or who have already lost) probably don't even understand the significance of the Saturday morning meetings to Wal-Mart's competitive advantage. It's as if the company leadership has a management retreat every Saturday of the year," writes Bergdahl. "Unless competitors are willing to go to a six-day workweek and hold meetings with all their top executives each week to plot counter strategies, I don't know how they can even think about competing directly."

                          It's hard to compete against Wal-Mart. Just ask Kmart as well as the myriad mom-and-pops who have gone under whenever a Wal-Mart opened nearby. How did Wal-Mart become the force of nature it is today? Bergdahl uses his experience as a director at the retail giant and at other retail chains to explain how Wal-Mart conquered common retailing and business issues through a relentless emphasis on cost-control and execution. Based on this experience, he outlines how companies can compete against Wal-Mart if it invades their town or competitive space. Each chapter concludes with a checklist of questions and actions that reflect either Wal-Mart's best practices or a weakness ripe for potential exploitation. One example: "Run the pay week from Thursday to Wednesday so necessary labor cuts are made on the slowest retail days." The advice is enlivened with anecdotes about Sam Walton, the firm's founder and exceptional retailer, businessman and manager, who brought his beloved bird dogs to run around each Saturday morning's meeting.

                          The book has no stunning strategic or other insights. But that is not the point. As Bergdahl explains at the beginning of his book, "Wal-Mart's success strategies and tactics are easy to understand yet hard to duplicate." In other words, Wal-Mart owes its success to in-the-trenches execution, based on the total-quality principles of continuous learning and continuous improvement. "By focusing constantly on trying to become more operationally efficient, Wal-Mart sets itself apart from its competitors," writes Bergdahl. "Wal-Mart isn't successful because of its strategies so much as because of its lockstep tactical execution of those strategies."

                          These operational advantages include close vendor partnerships, an awesome distribution system that can get products from a California dock into customer hands in as little as 72 hours, and an advanced IT system so integrated that even the temperature of every Wal-Mart store is centrally controlled from the Arkansas headquarters.

                          If the organization is undeniably the brand, how do you communicate corporate values, provide consistent service and ensure "lockstep tactical execution," especially in rapidly growing organizations? The challenge is even more daunting among retailers like Wal-Mart, which pay close to minimum wage, have turnover rates as high as 300% and face an insatiable demand for new employees to staff the one or more stores opening each week.

                          One Wal-Mart answer is the concept of "servant-leadership." Essentially, that means all managers put the needs of their employees and colleagues first. Managers are required to respond to any request for help, even if it means delaying their own work. The concept stems from Sam Walton's oft-stated belief that "if you take care of your people, your people will take care of the customer and the business will take care of itself."

                          Another key tool is the corporate story. Sam was a natural storyteller, and his anecdotes illustrating key principles would be repeated from manager to employee to employee for years. In contrast to other large firms, Wal-Mart hires for attitude and then teaches the necessary skills. To overcome the natural human tendency not to hire someone who might outshine us, Wal-Mart requires managers two levels above the open position to interview and approve all new hires. Finally, managers spend more time in the field than they do at headquarters to both communicate corporate messages and obtain firsthand market intelligence.

                          Unlike too many other companies which focus on products or sales more than customers, Wal-Mart has an unremitting focus on customers. The Wal-Mart cheer, which reinforces the service culture every day, ends with the question, "Who is number one?" Every employee - or associate, in Wal-martspeak - shouts, "The customer...ALWAYS!", sometimes even while standing on a chair. When complaints are received, associates ask, "What would you like us to do to fix the problem?" and are empowered to provide the requested solution.

                          How can anyone compete against Wal-Mart? As Bergdahl explains in an early chapter, price is not the answer. Because of Wal-Mart's efficiencies and buying power, retailers can often buy products at Wal-Mart for less than they can get it from a distributor. The key to success involves finding a niche, and providing value-added service, based on intimate customer knowledge. Wal-Mart's only Achilles heel is its inability to address specific customer requirements, although that weakness is masked by the "10-foot rule" and similar policies. Each associate is required to help, or at least smile at customers, if they are within a 10-foot radius.

                          The book has a few minor flaws. Bergdahl is clear about the stress and overwork, but only alludes to the well-publicized labor problems Wal-Mart now faces. Margins have remained at 4% for years, but what happens when advances into new areas can no longer fuel growth? Wal-Mart's IT capabilities are a primary factor in its success, but they are only discussed in passing.

                          Although this book never mentions "positioning," "brand vision" or any other of the immeasurable wastes of good ink, What I've Learned from Sam Walton is actually one of the best branding books I've read. It clearly spells out how companies can achieve operational excellence, upgrade their workforce and unify an organization around customer requirements, even in brutal competitive arenas. It reads well, with a nice balance between soft anecdotes and hard advice. If you believe brand success depends on "lockstep tactical execution" instead of pontification, get this book.

                          5 out of 5 stars David and Goliath.......2005-03-09

                          What I Learned From Sam Walton by Michael Bergdahl is one of the most informative and intriguing business related books I have read this year. Not only is it a step by step how to guide for small businesses to compete in todays business environment but it is an entertaining and enjoyable read due to the many candid personal stories that Michael shares with his readers. As a financial professional, I believe this book is not only a must read for any business owner or rank and file employee who has management aspirations, but I also believe it could be a staple in the curriculum of any undergraduate or graduate business school program. I certainly look forward to his next book and can only hope that Michael Bergdahl fills it with as much energy and charisma as he did this one.

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                          The second edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution, by Christopher A. Bartlett of the Harvard Business School and Sumantra Ghoshal of the London Business School, is a dynamic update of the authors' pioneering research into management on a global stage. Even more timely now than when it was originally conceived over a decade ago, the book--which was previously published in nine languages and adapted into a video program--remains singularly focused on the ways that this important organizational form is changing the playing field for all types of corporate enterprises. Along with their original look at the relevant operations of nine companies, however, the authors have now also incorporated a new section called "The Transformational Challenge," which charts how several other firms have been implementing the concepts that were described in their initial work. By fully describing these additional examples drawn from today's emerging international business community, as well as including a new "application handbook" so readers can more effectively translate their ideas into actions, Bartlett and Ghoshal have improved their advice on topics such as competition, flexibility, diversity, and commitment. -- Howard Rothman

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                          The first edition of Managing Across Borders was hailed as a landmark book, widely praised for its pioneering insights into the management of companies operating in an international environment. With the introduction of an entirely new organizational form--the transnational--Bartlett and Ghoshal showed how the nature of the competitive game had fundamentally changed, requiring that companies simultaneously capture global-scale efficiency, respond to national markets, and cultivate a worldwide learning capability for driving continuous innovation across borders. In this newly revised edition, the authors revisit their breakthrough concepts, updating the material with fresh, timely examples drawn from today's leading global enterprises. The insightful profiles of global middle managers and the real-world case studies paint a complete picture of the issues, problems, and opportunities encountered on the road to becoming a transnational. Included with this edition is a new application workbook, a highly practical tool for translating the book's ideas into action.

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                          4 out of 5 stars Excellent source.......2005-08-06

                          An amazing book detailing the differences between global, international, and multinational companies while providing a new innovative way to approach business, the transnational way. Great for students and professionals alike.

                          5 out of 5 stars An appreciative book that looks forward into the future.......2002-03-17

                          Now in an updated second edition, Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution by Christopher Bartlett (Daewoo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School) and Sumantra Ghoshal (Professor of Strategic and International Management, The London Business School) is an informative introduction to the "transnational corporation", the new corporate phenomena of the interconnected global and digital age, which stretches its competition worldwide and fundamentally rewrites the nature of doing business. A fascinating, appreciative book that looks forward into the future, Managing Across Borders is highly recommended reading for anyone seeking to understand and capitalize on what the 21st century business community is evolving for purposes of international trade in a truly global and increasingly "borderless" age!

                          5 out of 5 stars Pathbreaking book.......2000-05-13

                          This seminal book has been a part of my professional library for almost a decade, now. I am an Associate Professor in International Business and teach the subjects covered in this book. From this book a number of concepts have grown which continues to dominate the discussion of global management. Let me jus mention a few: administrative heritage, which is the idea, that the organisational structure of multidomestic enterprises reflects the historical period they were established in - especially with respect to the regime of coordination and communication. For instance, whereas the typical american firm entering Europe after 2ww would follow a strategy of tight operational control (given the business circumstances of this firm) Phillips, a multinational from the 19th century would display a strategy of much more delegation and subsidary autonomy.

                          Another concept is that of transnational companies - firms which simultaneously seek to adjust to local circumstances and enjoy the benefits of global integration. This idea remains a hot issue in global management even today - more than a decade after this book was published.

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                          5 out of 5 stars A user-friendly, highly valuable resource.......1999-02-18

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                          The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretive and Documentary History
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                              5 out of 5 stars Outstanding.......1998-12-29

                              Professor Lukacs might best be called a historic conservative rather than an ideological one. This collection of essays and articles reflects the mindset of a gentleman who wishes to conserve what is best from history. He has a few novel theories. Nationalism, not ideologies like Nazism, Communism and Fascism, has been the root cause for most of this century's struggles. One can disagree with Prof. Lukacs but one must respect his view. He hints in some fifteen year old essays that Europe would de-Americanize; as the age of the Euro nears, Prof. Lukacs was prescient. His theory on mountains and romanticism is fascinating. Before the English initiated Romanticism in the early 1800s, mountains were considered horrible. Today, Prof. Lukacs says we love mountains and their beauty; we are all romantics now. My favorite vignette was Prof. Lukacs's touring of Hitler's birthplace of Braunau on the 100th anniversary of Hitler's birth. The good professor made a side-trip from Braunau to a small Austrian village where a heroic peasant by the name, I believe, of Jagrstatter stood up to the Nazis and refused to be drafted. He was guillotined in 1943. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK.

                              Private Lives of Garden Birds
                              Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                              • I recommend for rookie bird watchers
                              • Essays that surprise and intrigue.
                              • Discover the Secrets
                              • Mildly edifying quick read
                              Private Lives of Garden Birds
                              Calvin Simonds , Julie Zickefoose , and Scott Shalaway
                              Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover

                              GeneralGeneral | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
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                              4. 100 Flowers And How They Got Their Names 100 Flowers And How They Got Their Names
                              5. Projects for the Birder's Garden: Over 100 Easy Things That You can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a Bird-Friendly Haven Projects for the Birder's Garden: Over 100 Easy Things That You can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a Bird-Friendly Haven

                              ASIN: 1580174701

                              Book Description

                              Brimming with stories, practical wisdom, and expert guidance, the updated and expanded third edition is for bird lovers, for nature lovers, and especially for families who want to know their feathered neighbors better. Combining scientific insight and careful personal observation with a delightful and witty narrative style, Calvin Simonds gives enthusiasts a peek into the world of eleven favorite North American birds: swallows, blue jays, chickadees, song sparrows, house sparrows, phoebes, mockingbirds, crows, red-winged blackbirds, and robins - with an all-new chapter on hummingbirds. Simonds teaches readers how to really observe birds - how to interpret the "caws" of crows, recognize blue jays from their facial expressions, understand the flight patterns of swallows. Readers will be enthralled as they eavesdrop on a group of sparrows trading songs in a "hootenanny," feel the firm, dry grip of a chickadee's claws on their fingers and tramp through a summer meadow to visit a phoebe. Idiosyncratic and ever-interesting, these are the birds that brighten our lives as they dart and dawdle in our backyards, gardens, and parks.

                              Customer Reviews:

                              4 out of 5 stars I recommend for rookie bird watchers.......2004-06-07

                              By focusing on common birds (birds that are common in North America, that is), this book gives readers a very good chance of being able to go somewhere nearby and engross themselves in watching some of the birds they just read about. It is also a rather engaging, quick read and contains many interesting kernels of information. This combination makes it the most un-intimidating introduction to bird watching I have read. Wildlife watching is often frustrating, but searching for these birds is rewarding whether one lives in the country or the city. This is not one of those books that overwhelm readers with lists and pictures of species beginners will probably not see. Simonds' love of birds is apparent, even though he digresses a bit too much.

                              Although the book does contain an index, information would be easier to find if the chapters were subdivided. In addition, a few references are recommended in the last chapter, but I wished the book had a full bibliography.

                              5 out of 5 stars Essays that surprise and intrigue........2003-10-17

                              I am not a birder nor much of a gardner, but I love this book. Birders and gardners I know also love it. The woman in the campsite next to mine in a Maine campground explained to me the lives of the osprey nesting nearby. When I tried to show her that I knew a thing or two about birds that I had gleaned from Calvin Symonds, she came back with "Oh yes, I have that book at home and enjoy rereading it." My mother who at 97 can still tell you the names of all the birds at her many birdfeeders keeps a copy of Symonds on the crowded table next to the recliner where she spends her days.

                              To understand what the birds around you are doing you need to see them, identify them, observe them over a period of time, and know how to interpret what you see. I often fail steps one and two and do even worse on steps three and four. Calvin Symonds moves through all four steps with grace and humor. He regards the everyday birds of his New England farm with such affection that he cedes his garage to swallows for four months every summer. He makes out the cacaphony of the blue jays as an animated assertion of family ties and draws useful life lessons from activity that many find annoying and even criminal.

                              The gentle expressive essays repeatedly surprise and intrigue me as they explore benieath the surface of what eleven familiar birds - from mockingbirds to crows - do. Symonds shows the reasons for their actions and describes the debates among scientists about how to explain what they observe. I hope one day he will extend the list of birds he has made familiar and fascinating to at least one non-birder.

                              5 out of 5 stars Discover the Secrets.......2003-02-16

                              When I discovered and read the book "Private Lives of Garden Birds" I felt as if I had been given a very special gift that enhanced and broaden my understanding of the nature that surrounds my everyday life. Like many, I love birds and enjoy observing them in my back yard and have often wondered what is really going on with all the fluttering and chattering. With this book, Calvin Simons has given everyone who enjoys birds a head start in understanding the dynamics that are being played out between the birds. All the social interaction, the whys and wherefore, and even the "hootenanny" is explained in a way that make you feel as if Calvin Simons is sitting with you in your back yard having a conversation about your birds.

                              I especially enjoy the layout of the book which gives each of the several birds described an entire chapter, allowing the reader to become very familiar with that species. After reading about a particular bird it is easy to focus on that bird alone and understand more clearly the dynamics and social interactions that are going on in your back yard.

                              After reading this book one cannot help but discover all sorts of secrets about the bird activities going on in the neighborhood. I learned that I had a Phoebe living near me that had previously gone unnoticed. This is a wonderful book to give as a gift to anyone who has a bird feeder because the fluid style of writing and clarity with which a complicated topic is explained, makes this book a pleasure to read.

                              3 out of 5 stars Mildly edifying quick read.......2003-01-23

                              Private Lives of Garden Birds attempts to describe the behaviors of a number of common birds of the eastern U.S. It succeeds to some extent; there are a number of interesting tidbits regarding these birds. This fact and the fact that the book is a very quick read make it worth reading. One should not expect too much from this little volume, however. It is written in a quirky style, in that the authors are very unfocused on the subject at hand. Unfortunately, they are apparently under the delusion that the reader is interested in their opinions on a number of unrelated subjects, most notably their proselytizing regarding organic gardening. In addition, one wonders how much to trust the book's assertions, both because of the haphazard approach and because there are some obvious errors in the book. For instance, while the lead author styles himself as a natural historian, he believes that the glaciers retreated from Massachusetts hundreds of thousands of years ago, when in fact the peak of the last glaciation was only 20,000 years ago. A final caveat is that much of the behavior described in the book varies with locality, so that it may be decreasingly useful the farther one is from Massachusetts. Still, it is nice to see a book describing the behavior of birds, as opposed to simply identifying them.
                              Private Lives of Garden Birds: How to Understand the Everyday Behavior of the Birds in Your Backyard
                              Average customer rating: Not rated
                                Private Lives of Garden Birds: How to Understand the Everyday Behavior of the Birds in Your Backyard
                                Calvin Simonds
                                Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Pr
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Paperback

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                                ASIN: 0871063158
                                Private Lives of Garden Birds
                                Average customer rating: Not rated
                                  Private Lives of Garden Birds
                                  Calvin Simonds
                                  Manufacturer: Rodale Press
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Hardcover
                                  ASIN: B000OPUOUW

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