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Excellence Wins

A No-Nonsense Guide to Becoming the Best in a World of Compromise

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Excellence Wins

By: Horst Schulze, Dean Merrill, Ken Blanchard - introduction
Narrated by: Michael Wagner
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In his characteristic no-nonsense approach, Horst Schulze shares the visionary and disruptive principles that have led to immense global success over the course of his still-prolific fifty-year career in the hospitality industry.

In Excellence Wins, the cofounder and former president of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company lays out a blueprint for becoming the very best in a world of compromise and half measures.

For over twenty years, Schulze fearlessly led the company to unprecedented multibillion dollar growth, setting the business vision and people-focused standards that made the Ritz-Carlton brand world renowned. In Excellence Wins, Schulze shares his approach to everything from providing the best customer service to creating a culture of excellence within your organization.

With his tried-and-true methods and inspiring, hard-earned wisdom, Schulze teaches you everything you need to know about:

  • Why leading well is an acquired skill
  • Serving your customers
  • Engaging your employees
  • Creating a culture of customer service
  • Why vision statements make a difference
  • What it really means to practice servant leadership

Schulze's principles are designed to be versatile and practical no matter where you are in your career. He'll remind you that you don't need a powerful title or dozens of direct reports to benefit from the advice he shares in Excellence Wins--you have everything you need to apply it to your life and career right now.

Let Schulze's incredible story help you unleash the disruptive power of your true potential, beat the competition, own your career trajectory, and experience the game-changing power of what happens when Excellence Wins.

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This book has completely changed how I think and do everything in my day to day and business life.

Mind altering

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simple everyday tactics we often forget about.

great narrative. I have already written my daily start.

amazing

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I really enjoyed the entire book, it's full of interesting and motivating stories. I loved the explanation of Mr Schulze about the philosophy of Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladies and Gentlemen, and it is definitely something, everyone should keep in mind in all sort of businesses. I absolutely recommend this book to everyone who wants to provide better customer and employee experience within its organization.

wonderful!

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Having worked in hospitality all my life I really enjoyed the book and the struggle for excellence. It should be a mandatory reading for all managers in the hospitality industry

Great man, great ideals

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Throughout the book I kept thinking to myself that the insights and values that Shultz espouses to be obvious and simply, yet so powerful, practical & helpful. His illustrations are really enjoyable and at times very moving emotionaly. I am planning to implement the principles in my organisation.

Informative & inspiring

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