The Mary Kay Way : Timeless Principles From America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur

__The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur__ is back in print and updated to reflect developments in today’s business environment for the modern entrepreneur. You will find inspiration and real, proven success principles that represents the forty-five year old success story of Mary Kay Ash, founder Mary Kay, Inc., the cosmetics company that provides women with unlimited opportunities for success. A foreword by Mary Kay’s grandson, also a company executive, introduces her timeless guide to entrepreneurial success.Content: Chapter 1 Golden Rule Leadership (pages 1–13): Chapter 2 You Build with People (pages 15–20): Chapter 3 The Invisible Sign (pages 21–28): Chapter 4 Praise People to Success (pages 29–37): Chapter 5 The Art of Listening (pages 39–48): Chapter 6 Sandwich Every Bit of Criticism between Two Heavy Layers of Praise (pages 49–56): Chapter 7 Be a Follow?Through Person (pages 57–72): Chapter 8 Enthusiasm... Moves Mountains! (pages 73–80): Chapter 9 The Speed of the Leader is the Speed of the Gang (pages 81–91): Chapter 10 People Will Support That Which They Help to Create (pages 93–105): Chapter 11 An Open?Door Philosophy (pages 107–114): Chapter 12 Help Other People Get What They Want—and You'll Get What You Want (pages 115–124): Chapter 13 Stick to Your Principles (pages 125–132): Chapter 14 A Matter of Pride (pages 133–144): Chapter 15 You Can't Rest on Your Laurels (pages 145–152): Chapter 16 Be a Risk?Taker (pages 153–157): Chapter 17 Work and Enjoy It (pages 159–166): Chapter 18 Nothing Happens Until Somebody Sells Something! (pages 167–175): Chapter 19 Never Hide behind Policy or Pomposity (pages 177–187): Chapter 20 Be a Problem?Solver (pages 189–196): Chapter 21 Less Stress (pages 197–204): Chapter 22 Develop People from Within (pages 205–212): Chapter 23 Live by the Golden Rule On and Off the Job (pages 213–219): A revised and updated edition of the cosmetics icon’s timeless guide to entrepreneurial success, featuring her people-centered business philosophy. Mary Kay Ash built a global independent sales force that today numbers 1.8 million women, and is respected by business and academic leaders. How? The secret is in this book. For forty-five years, the principles in The Mary Kay Way have helped the company succeed through changing economic times and explosive global growth. It has been said that no company wholeheartedly embodies the values and reflects the beliefs of its founder more than Mary Kay Inc. Now you can put the same inspiring principles to work for you. Recognized today as America’s greatest woman entrepreneur, Mary Kay Ash stepped out in 1963 in a man’s world to blaze a new path for women. She grew her business based not on the rules of competition, but on The Golden Rule. By “praising people to success” and “sandwiching every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise,” this energetic Texas titan opened new opportunities for women around the world and built a multibillion-dollar corporation. Mary Kay’s unconventional business philosophy was first published in 1984. Now revised and updated for the first time, with examples from her company’s top independent salespeople, The Mary Kay Way is perhaps her most important legacy. Praise for The Mary Kay Way “One of the most inspiring entrepreneurial leaders, Mary Kay always understood the importance of people and the value they can bring to an organization.” —J. W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Marriott International, Inc. “Mary Kay knew that when you put people first and then surround them with processes and disciplines that recognize their efforts, performance will soar.” —David C. Novak, Chairman and CEO, Yum! Brands, Inc. (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver’s, A&W) The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur is back in print and updated to reflect developments in today's business environment for the modern entrepreneur. You will find inspiration and real, proven success principles that represents the forty-five year old success story of Mary Kay Ash, founder Mary Kay, Inc., the cosmetics company that provides women with unlimited opportunities for success. A foreword by Mary Kay's grandson, also a company executive, introduces her timeless guide to entrepreneurial success.The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices. An updated and revised new edition of a Mary Kay Ash New York Times bestseller. Originally published in 1984, this legendary guide to the leadership wisdom of Mary Kay Ash has been revised, updated, and expanded for the modern business environment and today's entrepreneur. It was Mary Kay's goal in 1963 to build an organization that was guided by the Golden Rule and dedicated to giving women unlimited opportunities for success. She considered caring and kindness to be the building blocks of a highly motivated workforce--and the forty-five year success story that is Mary Kay Inc. has proven her Discusses how to succeed in business through a people-centered business philosophy, using the author's experience as a cosmetics entrepreneur as a guide.