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Winners Dream

A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office

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Winners Dream

By: Bill McDermott, Joanne Gordon
Narrated by: Bill McDermott
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 A leadership and career manifesto told through the narrative of one of today’s most inspiring, admired, and successful global leaders.

In Winners Dream, Bill McDermott—the CEO of the world’s largest business software company, SAP—chronicles how relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined execution embolden people and equip organizations to achieve audacious goals.

Growing up in working-class Long Island, a sixteen-year-old Bill traded three hourly wage jobs to buy a small deli, which he ran by instinctively applying ideas that would be the seeds for his future success. After paying for and graduating college, Bill talked his way into a job selling copiers door-to-door for Xerox, where he went on to rank number one in every sales position he held and eventually became the company’s youngest-ever corporate officer. Eventually, Bill left Xerox and in 2002 became the unlikely president of SAP’s flailing American business unit. There, he injected enthusiasm and accountability into the demoralized culture by scaling his deli, sales, and management strategies. In 2010, Bill was named co-CEO, and in May 2014 became SAP’s sole, and first non-European, CEO.

Colorful and fast-paced, Bill’s anecdotes contain effective takeaways: gutsy career moves; empathetic sales strategies; incentives that yield exceptional team performance; and proof of the competitive advantages of optimism and hard work. At the heart of Bill’s story is a blueprint for success and the knowledge that the real dream is the journey, not a preconceived destination. Business Career Success Leadership Management & Leadership Motivation & Self-Improvement Professionals & Academics Career Dream Management Success
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Really interesting listen and a good story about determination in business. Some good take aways to learn from.

Really good listen, better than I expected.

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I was recommended this book by an old boss of mine. I enjoy good business books that really bring you into the thoughts and activities of the protagonists but also go into enough detail about the business, the challenges and even the interpersonal dynamics. This makes it relatable. This book was one of the top 5 books of this genre that I have ever read and I ended up really admiring Bill McDermott and somewhat in awe of his insatiable curiosity and professionalism. Was really inspiring but also very entertaining, highly recommended. Note the first few chapters didn't grab me too much but then it really got going and didn't stop.

Great business book, very interesting

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