Do Less Better The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World [Hardcover]

Do Less Better teaches leaders how to recognize the complexity and inefficiencies within their businesses and reveals how they can simplify and streamline through specialization and sacrifice. According to Bell, a company's willingness to focus on a particular vision or identity ensures viability and strengthens its competitive edge.Introduction  1. Accept the Short-term Pain  2. Your Leadership Reality Check  3. The Steel and Steal of Strategic Sacrifice  4. Urgency for Action  5. Think like an Entrepreneur  6. KISS is not a Rock Band  7. Bastions of Branding  8. Fewer, Better People  9. Regrets& I've had a Few References

In this new age of business, small, focused, and nimble organizations are disrupting markets and stealing market share from sprawling, bloated, and inflexible legacy enterprises. Told with the engaging wit and practical wisdom of a transformation-CEO, John Bell's Do Less Better is an invaluable tool for every leader eager to not just survive, but thrive! I couldn't put it down, and you won't want to either. - Ted Coin?, Chairman and Founder, Switch and Shift

In Do Less Better, Bell delivers a simple, yet nuanced answer to the always-relevant question of how we manage today's business complexity. - Nilofer Merchant, Harvard Business Review Columnist, Stanford Lecturer, and best-selling author

John Bell is right on target with his book. Less is really better in almost all instances. John brings to life his experiences in a way that puts you right in the action. It is a great read and you will start learning from the very first page. - Howard Behar, Former President of Starbucks Coffee Company and author of It's Not About the Coffee

If you enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, then you must read John Bell's Do Less Better. I wish I had read it before starting my life's journey. I would have progressed fulcÂ