{"id":129,"date":"2009-12-07T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=129"},"modified":"2012-10-23T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:06:23","slug":"journey-to-the-emerald-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/journey-to-the-emerald-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to the Emerald City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-174\" title=\"Journey to the Emerald City\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/journey-to-the-emerald-city1.jpg\" alt=\"Journey to the Emerald City\" width=\"108\" height=\"160\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/073520358X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=073520358X\">Journey to the Emerald City<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=achieinc&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=073520358X\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nby Roger Connors and Tom Smith<\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of their previous book, <em>The Oz Principle<\/em>, the authors explore the direct link between a company\u2019s culture and the results it produces. <em>Journey to the Emerald City <\/em>details a clear road map for accelerating the move to a culture of accountability in which people focus on achieving the results critical to a company\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Filled with success stories, Connors and Smith introduce a step-by-step model to help people at any level of the organization take action that will alter the culture\u2019s belief system in order to produce the desired results.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than presenting a formula for &#8220;one best way&#8221; to run an organization, the authors have provided a practical and powerful desktop guide for any organization or team leader who has a genuine interest in shifting\u00a0his or her\u00a0organizational culture in a &#8220;non-cookie-cutter&#8221; format.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This book review was originally published in 1999 as one of the Top 10 Books &#8211; Edition 2.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journey to the Emerald City by Roger Connors and Tom Smith Building on the success of their previous book, The Oz Principle, the authors explore the direct link between a company\u2019s culture and the results it produces. 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