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Start Me Up and Keep Me Growing

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This easy-to-read book tells how the Rolling Stones started out 60 years ago as a venture to confess the blues, unprepared for planetary success. It shows how they managed, adapted, innovated and g...
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The world’s most famous and long-living band started out 60 years ago in London with the mission to bring American blues music to a European audience. The young band expected to last two years at best, the rest is history. This easy-to-read and thoughtful book looks at how the Stones managed to last six decades in a rapidly changing world. How they relentlessly competed, disrupted, changed, adapted, innovated, grew – artistically, financially and as pillars of society – and how they manged to overcome the inevitable challenges of interpersonal dynamics in their life-spanning career. Written in the style of a chronological business school case study, this book looks at the evolving decision-making processes of the Stones as a professional services firm. It emphasizes the commonality of all business collaborations, where different temperaments must join forces to bring about lasting success. Corporate executives, start-up founders and talent managers can find a wealth of inspiration during a flight (long-haul or delayed). Management school professors, coaches and personal development trainers may use the book as a working tool and exploit its many narratives about hiring, firing, investing, and spending. All readers will likely find that there is as much halo in between the lines as there is ink on paper.

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Price: £15.95
Publisher: Anthem Press
Imprint: First Hill Books
Publication Date: 14 June 2022
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781839984976
Format: eBook
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MUSIC / Business Aspects, Organizational theory and behaviour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Business strategy

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“Thinking about the Rolling Stones as a professional services firm is an original take— many (highly entertaining!) analogies hold true, and the story of a successful rock band provides great inspiration for structuring professional services organizations.” – Dr. Heidi K. Gardner, Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and Co-founder of Gardner & Co.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK AND HOW TO USE IT (INTRO) ,A. ROCK BAND INTERPERSONAL WORKPLACE DYNAMICS, B. IT’S NOT ONLY ROCK ’N’ ROLL; Part One—Turning Vision into Talent (1962–1968);; Part Two—Turning Talent into Gold (1969–1988); Part Three—Turning Gold into Riches (1989 to Date); C. SOME VIRTUES (OUTRO); D. DRAMATIS PERSONAE (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE); “The Rolling Stones”; Selected Bibliography; Autobiographical writings; Biographies; Other writings; Index