Fundamentals - 9 Ways to Be Brilliant at the Basics of Business

by Jim Sullivan

9 Ways to Be Brilliant at the New Basics of Business, is a collection of over 200 best demonstrated practices for leaders and mangers in the 2017 workplace. Arranged in 9 specific chapters (Focus, Building Strong Teams, Service Excellence, Training, Marketing, Cost Control, Leadership and most importantly, Execution) Fundamentals is the perfect resource for the seasoned or emerging leader to help improve your people, performance and profits. The author’s customers include Walt Disney Company, Marriott, Coca-Cola, Starbucks and McDonald’s. Over 170,000 copies sold worldwide.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

195 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[MaryJane]

No point in actually rating/reviewing this because I had to read this for work. Just wanted it to count for my books this year lmao.

[Jessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tightly written, this book was a pleasure to read. The two chapters that most spoke to me were 2 and 8 that had to do with team building and leadership. Without any fancy prose, this book introduced concepts, explains why they're important and then moves on. I've been reading a lot of business-related/leadership books lately and this one is definitely one I would recommend.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartily recommend this for people in any line of business but especially those in the hospitality business. Have not done a deep dive into any of the specific topics on his web site but I'm sure there is tons of stuff that can add value.

[J.D. Winn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book pertaining to qsr restaurants. You won't have to hunt and peck for applicable things if that's your industry. On a broader scale there is a lot of useful information as well. He held my interest 90 percent of the time which is saying something for books of this nature.

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I revisit this on a super regular occasion after meeting Jim and sharing his vision.

[Jeff Schoenhofer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good basics. Learned several handy bits of knowledge put them in place and they are working!