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Good to Great to Gone: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City


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How did Circuit City go from a Mom and Pop store with a mere $13,000 investment, to the best performing Fortune 500 Company for any fifteen-year period between 1965 and 1995, to bankruptcy and liquidation in 2009? What must leaders do not only to take a business from good to great, but to avoid plummeting from great to gone in a constantly evolving marketplace? Alan Wurtzel, son of Circuit City founder Sam Wurtzel, took over as CEO in 1972 and implemented a successful long-term strategy. For almost fifty years, Circuit City was able to successfully navigate the constant changes in the consumer electronics marketplace and meet consumer demand and taste preferences. But with the subsequent decline and ultimate demise of Circuit City in 2009, Wurtzel had the rare perspective of a former company insider in the role of an outsider looking in. Believing that there is no singular formula for strategy, Wurtzel emphasizes the "Habits of Mind" that influence critical management decisions. With key takeaways at the end of each chapter, Wurtzel offers advice and guidance to ensure any business stays on track, even in the wake of disruption, a changing consumer landscape, and new competitors.



About the Author :
Former CEO of Circuit City Stores, Alan L. Wurtzel led Circuit City to be one of the nation's largest retailers of consumer electronics and appliances. He joined the company in 1966 as vice president of legal affairs, later serving as CEO from 1972 to 1986. He was chairman of the board from 1984 to 1994 and vice-chairman from 1994 to 2001. Circuit City was profiled as one of eleven companies in Jim Collins's bestselling book Good to Great. Since retiring from Circuit City, Wurtzel has split his time between for profit and not for profit activities. Early on, much of his time was devoted to higher education and K-12 educational reform. He's served as a trustee of Virginia Commonwealth University as well as a member of the Virginia Board of Education and the State Council for Higher Education. He was also a director of several not-for-profit standards-based education policy organizations, including New American Schools, National Center on Education and the Economy, and the Council for Basic Education. As a member of Virginia's State Board of Education, he actively participated in the formulation and adoption of the current Standards of Learning program. In the private sector, Wurtzel served as director of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., and from 1989 to 1996, he served on the board of Office Depot. He has been an active investor in startup companies and remains on the board of two privately held companies. Currently Wurtzel is a trustee of The Phillips Collection, where he has been active in developing and spearheading its expansion and investment plans, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, an environmental group dedicated to saving the Bay and his alma mater, Oberlin College. Wurtzel received a BA from Oberlin College and a JD from Yale Law School. He is married to the playwright, Irene Rosenberg Wurtzel, and has three grown children. He lives in Washington DC and Delaplane, Virginia. Sean Runnette, a multiple AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has produced several Audie Award-winning audiobooks. He is a member of the American Repertory Theater company and has toured internationally with Mabou Mines, an avant-garde theater company. Sean's television and film appearances include Two If by Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law & Order, Third Watch, and lots and lots of commercials, for which he apologizes.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798228757646
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City
  • ISBN-10: 8228757646
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Returnable: N


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