Management in 10 Words

Wow, what common sense and wise advice without arrogance. Each chapter has a clear message & is transferable to a range of businesses. A good holiday or car journey listen though possibly better studied in print.
Procurement, especially of IT, is never easy - this book needs to be read by Civil Servants & politicians before the country makes more expensive mistakes ...BDUK?

I hesitated before buying this book. The cover and title gave me a low expectation - the book way over delivered!

The 10 words are very well chosen and their power demonstrated through thoughtful and insightful reflections on Leahy's time at Tesco, his work outside Tesco or examples drawn from the wider world.

For me, highlights included the section on values, the section on turning decisions into action and the discussion around harnessing loyalty via the implementation of Clubcard. Also the section on Balance Scorecards is great for any organisation that uses or is considring using this techniue

The overall style is engaging and well complimented by the narration. I really enjoyed this.

Not a well known man really good to understand what made him tick and what turned tesco around

This book is like a leadership and management course in 8 hours, as well as being extremely interesting and inspiring. Terry Leahy puts across his personal experiences of leading a large company with tips that will help anyone whose work involves leading others, in any organisation, large or small, in the private or public sector.



My one gripe about this book is the narration. Very often the narrator puts emphasis on the wrong words in a sentence, causing the meaning of the sentence to be difficult to understand. Worse, when the book includes a quote, the narrator will attempt a poor imitation of the accent of the original speaker. This happens often, from the inaccurate American twang of Henry Ford to an excruciating attempt at the Czech voice of Václav Havel. This is very distracting and makes it difficult to concentrate on the words actually being spoken.



Nevertheless, despite the narration, an excellent book and a must-listen for anyone with an interest in leadership, management, business, or modern day responsible capitalism.

I enjoy this book. The narrator was easy to listen to and the content put over some useful ideas in a very accessible manner.

Most companies, established or just starting out, tend to follow a standard tried and tested method. Although this is correct, they tend to use a "one-size-fits-all" set up. This is where the basics come in, and is pointed out in this book.



The products in a shop in Scotland, may not be appropriate for a shop in London. The clothes, varieties in food will be different. Catering for the diverse cultures, feedback from the customers is quite important too. This book showed the insight into real management qualities, that sadly is lacking in quite a few organisations.



The book should be read with an open mind.

The Tesco of Terry Leahy's day is a slightly different beast to the one you experience today. Though when he started to have an impact on the business it was smaller, and much more different. But then so was the retail grocery business. Terry Leahy's description of his time at Tesco is not just a story about him and time at Tesco but very interesting look at management: of people, of a growing business, of the supermarket industry, and of adapting to rapid changes. His ideas are born of old-school good values, how to treat people and how to do good business. Though the Tesco today has changed somewhat, and many resent it's intrusions into the High Street, some of things he and his team implemented over the years have revolutionised the supermarket business, and make sense when you hear his story. A good listen with very easily digestible chunks of management ideas and how the industry changed.

I don't think this book gets very deeply into the causes of the success that Tesco enjoyed during the period of Terry Leahy's leadership. To the extent that it does, it is because the character of the man comes through in his style of writing, and not because he has explained retailing truths in the content of the book. So, read this if you are interested in what makes Mr Leahy tick, but not if you want a thoughtful review of issues such as loyalty cards or international expansion.

Loved this audio really pulls no punches.

If you are in business you need to listen to this, these simple approaches that Terry Leah employed at tesco can be replicated in any business.