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\"Guts:Guts: The Seven Laws of Business That Made Chrysler the World’s Hottest Car Company<\/a>\"\"
\nby Robert A. Lutz<\/p>\n

Robert Lutz recently retired as vice chairman of Chrysler Corp. He has held senior management positions in four of the world\u2019s top car companies: Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Chrysler. What else would you expect from a vegetarian who loves a good cigar, a high-achiever who didn\u2019t graduate from high school until he was 22, a former Marine fighter pilot whose “Law Of Life” is a line from a Rolling Stones song?<\/p>\n

In this intriguing approach to leadership, Lutz explains how and why every organization must cultivate a “split personality” combining common sense with freewheeling creativity. It defines the leader\u2019s role in maintaining a healthy balance between the two. And it argues that a dynamic tension between them is the prime attribute that enables top-performing companies to introduce new products and achieve record profits.<\/p>\n

(This book review was originally published in 1999 as one of the Top 10 Books – Edition 1.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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