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Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick

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Ken Iverson

Wiley, 1997

In Headlong Pursuit of a Shared Purpose...
Ken Iverson has truly earned the right to be called a "Business Maverick". In this book he explains how the culture he created at Nucor became "60% of their competative advantage". He explains how breaking down hierarchy and opening the lines of true communication in all directions can propel a business to success. His unique, but successful, techniques at time agree with, and at times flies in ...

The Art of Keeping Management Simple: An Interview with Ken Iverson of Nucor Steel
Tom Brown, Ken Iverson

Harvard Business Review, 1998

In this interview with Tom Brown, Ken Iverson, chairman of Nucor Steel and author of Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick, shares his insights on managing simply. Keeping management simple has enabled Iverson to transform Nucor into the second-largest producer of steel in the United States, while also pioneering industry innovations. Some of his key beliefs are: hierarchy must be eliminated; general managers must be granted the trust and ...