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Book SynopsisImagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most fun workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today''s bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit? Well, imagine no more.
In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the true story of this extraordinary company--and how, as its co-founder and longtime CEO, he challenged the business establishment with revolutionary ideas that could remake America''s organizations. It is the story of AES, whose business model and operating ethos -let''s have fun-were conceived during a 90-minute car ride from Annapolis, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. In the next two decades, it became a worldwide energy giant with 40,000 employees in 31 countries and revenues of $8.6 billion. It''s a remarkable tale told by a
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"A timely and inspiring book that challenges us to rethink the purpose of business in society. It is all the more important because Dennis Bakke's personal life mirrors the principles he advocates." - President Bill Clinton "A must-read book for anyone who wants to make work fun, fulfilling, and financially rewarding." - Jack Kemp, former HUD secretary and vice presidential candidate "Joy at Work is simply the best book I have ever read about integrating human values and economic success. Bakke has changed the nature of the game of business forever. The book is an answer to our cynicism and materialism and to the loss of faith in our leaders. It is required reading for all who are in a leadership position, are studying leadership, or know someone who is doing either." - Peter Block, author of Stewardship and The Answer to How Is Yes "Dennis Bakke's book is a 'coaching manual' on how to make fun and success synonymous in the workplace." - Mike Holmgren, coach of the Seattle Seahawks
