Play Nice but Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

Dell, Michael

Play Nice but Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader - New York Penguin Random House 2021 - 324

The founder and chief executive of Dell Technologies shares the inside story of the selbacks and triumphs that defined him as a leader-and the vision driving the success of one of the world's most admired companies
nyone with technological insight and entrepreneurial A zeal might build something great but how do you make it last? From Michael Dell comes the riveting story of three defining battles waged for Dell Technologies: to launch it, to keep it, and to transform it.
A rare behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of one of America's best-known companies, Play Nice But Win begins at an unexpected moment, when after years of success, Dell suddenly finds himself in a fight for his com-pany's survival. Among candid stories of tense negotiations, Dell shares revealing flashbacks to the highs and lows of his evolution amid a rapidly changing industry-beginning in 1984, as a soon-to-be college dropout hiding a fledgling PC business from his parents, and leading up to the moment in 2013 when activist investors and corporate raiders tried to take away his company. With humor and humility, Dell recalls the mentors who showed him how to turn his passion into a business; the competitors who became friends, foes, or both; and the sharks that circled, looking for weakness.
Play Nice But Win is a probing self-portrait of a leader facing major challenges that draws on Dell's most cher-ished principles: an abiding sense of curiosity, an openness to change and transformation, and a deep-rooted belief in the potential of both people and technology.

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