Keith R. McFarland
Author of The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers
Works by Keith R. McFarland
The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers (2008) 122 copies, 2 reviews
Lessons from the Anti-Mentor 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- McFarland, Keith R.
- Birthdate
- 1956
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Pepperdine University
Claremont Graduate University - Occupations
- professor
executive
consultant - Organizations
- Pepperdine University
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Reviews
"Breakthrough companies feel ordinary in this book's accounts. This is no Good to Great or Re-Imagine. Surface-level business advice coupled with repetitive commentary makes this a dull read... for the first two-thirds of the book. Mcfarland hits a few good notes with Insultants and Survival U... but it takes a while to get there."
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- Works
- 3
- Members
- 124
- Popularity
- #161,165
- Rating
- 2.6
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 9
- Languages
- 1
The main problem with this book is that it's repetitive. It tends to say the same things over and over again. It's also a bit redundant. And there are a few extraneous parts, with a little superfluity packed on.
That's not to say there isn't anything good or useful in it. In fact, I found quite a few sentences to underline (more than I thought I would when I started it), and some things to think about. It's just…the author could've taken out about 100 pages and been as effective, in my opinion.… (more)