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Beep! Beep! Competing in the (Microsoft Reader) Age of the Road Runner
This management handbook teaches readers how to outperform, outsmart and outrun your competition by successfully adapting to the changing business climate. The authors use the cartoon characters of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner as a metaphor for business managers seeking marketplace victories.
- GenresBusiness
Hardcover
First published February 9, 2000
11 people want to read
About the author
Chip R. Bell
36 books30 followersThe author of 24 books, Chip's newest book, "Inside Your Customer's Imagination: 5 Secrets to Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions,” launched September 2020.
He is also author of bestsellers:
"Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles”
"Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service"
"The 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service”
"Take Their Breath Away" (with John Patterson)
"Managers As Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning" (with Marshall Goldsmith)
“Customers as Partners"
"Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service" (with Ron Zemke)
“Magnetic Service” (with Bilijack Bell)
He has served as keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer on innovative service to such major organizations as GE, Microsoft, Nationwide, Marriott, Lockheed-Martin, Cadillac, Ultimate Software, KeyBank, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Caterpillar, Eli Lilly, Verizon, Best Buy, USAA, Hertz, Accenture, Home Depot, and Harley-Davidson. He is a keynote speaker on topics such as customer loyalty, partnering with customers, and creating innovative service experiences. Global Gurus has ranked him for the last eight years in a row among the top ten keynote speakers in the world on customer service, with two years in the top slot.
He was a highly decorated infantry unit commander in Vietnam with the elite 82nd Airborne and served as a guerrilla tactics instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School. His training programs have won awards including a Stevie Award in 2018.
He has appeared live on CNBC, CNN, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg TV, NPR, ABC and his work has been featured in Fortune, Businessweek, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Success Magazine, Real Leaders, CEO Magazine, and Fast Company.
To book Chip as a speaker or consultant, visit www.chipbell.com
He is also author of bestsellers:
"Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles”
"Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service"
"The 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service”
"Take Their Breath Away" (with John Patterson)
"Managers As Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning" (with Marshall Goldsmith)
“Customers as Partners"
"Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service" (with Ron Zemke)
“Magnetic Service” (with Bilijack Bell)
He has served as keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer on innovative service to such major organizations as GE, Microsoft, Nationwide, Marriott, Lockheed-Martin, Cadillac, Ultimate Software, KeyBank, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Caterpillar, Eli Lilly, Verizon, Best Buy, USAA, Hertz, Accenture, Home Depot, and Harley-Davidson. He is a keynote speaker on topics such as customer loyalty, partnering with customers, and creating innovative service experiences. Global Gurus has ranked him for the last eight years in a row among the top ten keynote speakers in the world on customer service, with two years in the top slot.
He was a highly decorated infantry unit commander in Vietnam with the elite 82nd Airborne and served as a guerrilla tactics instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School. His training programs have won awards including a Stevie Award in 2018.
He has appeared live on CNBC, CNN, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg TV, NPR, ABC and his work has been featured in Fortune, Businessweek, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Success Magazine, Real Leaders, CEO Magazine, and Fast Company.
To book Chip as a speaker or consultant, visit www.chipbell.com
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March 10, 2011
This is a great book on being adaptive in the current business climate. I recommend it to anyone.
July 26, 2011
Read OCT 2002
March 29, 2013
A should-read book on competition for knowledge workers who want to be in executive role and entrepreneurs.
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