managing the Emerging Company Video Series

10 videos in the series
25-30 Minutes per Video
Each Subject Stands Alone
Filled with Graphic Illustrations
Users Guide for Each Subject
Free Book with Complete Series

STAGES OF GROWTH & KEY MANAGING VARIABLES
Stages of Growth
Key Managing Variables
The Big Picture

BASIC PROFIT MECHANICS
The Great Profit Myth
Profit Mechanics
How to Improve Profitability

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT & BASIC STRATEGIC PLANNING
Factors
Techniques
Making Decisions

SETTING EXPECTATIONS
Expectations Pyramid
Vision
Mission
Objectives

STRATEGY
Levels; Corporate: Business
Vectors
Developing a Sustainable Competitive Advantage

ORGANIZATION DESIGN
Historical Perspective
New Rules
Design Possibilities

ORGANIZATION PROCESSES
The Five Ps
A Business as a Brain
Exploring Horizontal

STYLE
Three Kinds of Work
Managing
Leading

PEOPLE
How People are Alike
How People Differ

CULTURE
Components of a Culture
Examples

..CONTENTS OF VIDEO SERIES

..CUSTOMER COMMENTS

Here's What satisfied users are saying about the Managing the Emerging Company series...

"...provides a straightforward, basic approach to the subjects. Crisp and to the point"
- President NASDAQ-listed company

"Comprehensive, from strategy to culture. We are using some of the sessions in three different levels in our company. "- CEO hi-tech, NYSE listed company

"No preaching or sitcom settings. Solid content. Nothing fancy. Stimulated our thinking. "
- CEO, $90-million industrial company

"My boss told me the series was a condensed MBA, that it covers people to prqfits, processes to expectations. She was right." - Middle manager, consumer products company

Steve Brandt, author of Managing the Emerging Company, taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the heart of Silicon Valley for 21 years. His areas of expertise are entrepreneurship, strategic planning, and general management. He has been a director of three public companies and co-founder of four start-ups. These videos are a distillation of the work he did with over 4000 executives and MBAs.

The material in the series was field tested in a cross-section of real companies. The end result: Ten high-value, to-the-point videos that can be used by individuals, small groups, or large groups. Each video is loaded with illustrations and accompanied by a simple, one-page Users Guide designed to facilitate application of the subjects to actual practice. Managing the Emerging Company--for business management professionals.

This DVD series will be available in 2008

..THE AUTHOR AND THE MATERIAL