Six Disciplines for Excellence:
Building Small Businesses That
Learn, Lead and Last by Gary Harpst
Life Changing! .. No Exaggeration
Six Disciplines Corporation is dedicated to helping small businesses
achieve and sustain success. Six Disciplines for Excellence provides six
fundamental business principles that are specifically designed to help
small businesses move beyond momentary success to attain enduring
excellence. This book is not for those who are looking for a quick fix. Six
Disciplines for Excellence is a long-term fitness program, not a fad diet.
Personal Review: Six Disciplines for Excellence: Building Small
Businesses That Learn, Lead and Last by Gary Harpst
Before I comment on the book, I should say that I've been consulting on
management and leadership issues for more than 18 years, working with
the entire spectrum of business--from small regional concerns to
companies in the Fortune 500. Much of my work during this time has been

with leadership and management teams, enhancing and refining their
thinking processes and tools to move them from surviving to thriving. Over
the years I kept honing my programs to provide the best and most
essential components. After working with hundreds of businesses, I've
seen, heard, and read a lot.
So with that background, I have to give Six Disciplines for Excellence a full
and complete endorsement. Too many books on management and
leadership talk about theory and principles. I agree with one of the other
reviewers that this book is 20% principles and 80% "how-to." This book
just screams practical.
In my opinion, anyone in business would do well to make Six Disciplines
mandatory reading throughout their leadership team--and then add the
"how-to" sections as action items on their meeting agendas. Even better:
locate a top-notch consultant/facilitator to help stay on track re: following
through on the action-items.
Reason: Like other reviewers have mentioned, reading this book and then
following through on the action steps are two different things.
Perhaps it's best to consider Six Disciplines a workbook--and it's probably
the best business-building workbook I've seen. In my opinion, many larger
organizations would benefit from reading it, too. It's easy to read and it
outlines of the key steps for success. No fluff. Just straight to the point,
well-organized, and extremely practical.
Read it and you'll be enlightened.
Do what it says and you'll be moving your business from "surviving" to
"thriving."
- Dan Bobinski
CEO / Director - The Center for Workplace Excellence
PS. Despite the similarities between the name of my business and the title
of Gary Harpst's book, I've not met the man (as of this writing) and we
have no affiliation. --But after reading his book it seems like he's certainly
someone one would want to meet!
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