Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick
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Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick is a popular business book by F. Kenneth Iverson
, former CEO of the Nucor Corporation. The book explains how the management practices he instituted at Nucor can be used as models for success in other businesses.
The basic principles emphasized in the book are:
F. Kenneth Iverson
F. Kenneth Iverson is credited with transforming Nucor Steel from a nearly bankrupt company in the 1960s into the largest and most successful steelmaker in the United States. Trained as a metallurgist, he became a very successful leader and businessman...
, former CEO of the Nucor Corporation. The book explains how the management practices he instituted at Nucor can be used as models for success in other businesses.
The basic principles emphasized in the book are:
- Decentralization
- Placing trust in employees
- Egalitarian benefits
- Minimizing layers of management
- Production-based pay