Best Selling Books by Philip Delves Broughton

When Philip Delves Broughton abandoned his career as a successful journalist and joined Harvard Business School''s prestigious MBA course, he joined 900 other would-be tycoons in a cauldron of capitalism. Two years and 500 case studies later, he had met the worlds'' most influential entrepreneurs and analysed the biggest business conundrums. But he and his fellow students faced a bigger question still - how would they juggle their lives, their jobs and their bank balances? Philip Delves Broughton''s witty and informative memoir is a revelatory account of what the financial elite learn within the hallowed walls of the exclusive Harvard Business School. -- Publisher details.

From the author of Ahead of the Curve, a revelatory look at successful selling and how it can impact everything we do The first book of its kind, The Art of the Sale is the result of a pilgrimage to learn the secrets of the world''s foremost sales gurus. Bestselling author Philip Delves Broughton tracked down anyone who could help him understand what it took to achieve greatness in sales, from technology billionaires to the most successful saleswoman in Japan to a cannily observant rug merchant in Morocco. The wisdom and experience Broughton acquired, revealed in this outstanding book, demonstrates as never before the complex alchemy of effective selling and the power it has to overcome challenges we face every day.

"Philip Delves Broughton abandoned a post as Paris bureau chief of the London Daily Telegraph to join nine hundred other would-be tycoons on HBS''s plush campus. Over the next two years, he and his classmates would be inundated with the best - and the rest - of American business culture that HBS epitomizes. The core of the school''s curriculum is the "case" - an analysis of a real business situation from which the students must, with a professor''s guidance, tease lessons. The author studied more than five hundred cases and recounts the most revelatory ones here. He also exposes the less savory trappings of b-school culture, from the "booze luge" to the pandemic obsession with PowerPoint to the specter of depression, which stalks many overburdened students. With acute and often uproarious candor, he assesses the school''s success at teaching the traits it extols as most important in business - leadership, decisiveness, ethical behavior, work/life balance."--BOOK JACKET.

"Having the drive, ambition and inspiration to start a new business takes a special mindset and self-confidence--think Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg. It''s no wonder that we regard successful entrepreneurs as modern day magicians, transforming sometimes radical ideas into global brands that change the way we live our lives. But what if that spirit and drive were applied to the world outside of business startups? An entrepreneur seeks to build something from nothing; to take an inspired idea and make it a reality. How to Think Like An Entrepreneur will explore what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur--the ability to disrupt the status quo and generate fresh perspectivese--and ultimately lead us to the heart of great entrepreneurial thinking: an understanding of our deepest human needs. By harnessing the passion, verve and limitless imagination of an entrepreneur, this book will show you new ways to improve your business, but also your life and relationships. The School of Life is dedicated to exploring life''s big questions: How can we fulfill our potential? Can work be inspiring? Why does community matter? Can relationships last a lifetime? We don''t have all the answers, but we will direct you toward a variety of useful ideas -- from philosophy to literature, psychology to the visual arts-that are guaranteed to stimulate, provoke, nourish, and console"--

In the tradition of The Dangerous Book for Boys, a visually dazzling compendium of practical knowledge, fascinating trivia, and worldly wisdom for young boys—designed as a charming and informal full-color family scrapbook treasured by generations of one family at their Adirondack summer camp. On a late summer afternoon, while rustling around in his family''s Adirondack cabin, a boy named Charlie Whistler finds a dusty cloth-bound scrapbook. It is the Omnium Gatherum, a colorful, illustrated grab bag of stories, arcana, and much more, faithfully collected over generations by Charlie''s father, grandfather, and generations of Whistlers before them. Its pages hold a universe of age-old wisdom, from the simple—how to tie a slipknot—to the esoteric—how to find your way in the forest, or predict the tides—to the exotic—how to understand simple phrases in dozens of languages. Charlie Whistler''s Omnium Gatherum is a delightful, ceaselessly readable, and unique gift book for boys of all ages: a nostalgic evocation of American childhood, a keepsake for modern fathers to hand down to their sons, and an irresistible, page-turning read for everyone who loves to lose themselves in the world of imagination.

Vajon mit tanulhatunk közismert üzletemberek elszántságából, sikereiből és bukásaiból? Egy új vállalkozás elindításához egy jó ötlet, egy adag becsvágy és önbizalom szükséges. A sikerhez azonban még ennél is több kell: napjaink elismert vállalkozói, mint Elon Musk, Mark Zuckenberg vagy Steve Jobs, képesek voltak radikális ötleteiket új, globális márkákká alakítani, és világszerte megváltoztatni az emberek életét. Philip Delves Broughton, gazdasági újságíró könyvében tanulmányozza a vállalkozói szellem sajátosságait, a siker elengedhetetlen ismérveit, mint az új szemléletmód kialakítására irányuló törekvéseket, a határtalan kreativitást és a szenvedélyes elkötelezettséget. Az általa bemutatott megközelítések segítségével példaértékű karriertörténeteket ismerhetünk meg, és mi magunk is sikerrel alkalmazhatjuk a vállalkozói gondolkodásmódot a munkahelyünkön csakúgy, mint a magánéletünkben.

Philip Delves Broughton. bestselling business author of What They Teach You at Harvard Business School, takes a sideways look at the greatest salespeople in Life''s a Pitch. What do the best rug seller in Tangier, the king of the US cable channels and the guru of the Japanese life insurance industry have in common? What makes the difference between an ordinary salesperson and the top ''gunslingers''? Philip Delves Broughton - author of the bestselling What They Teach You At Harvard Business School - has journeyed around the world to meet living legends of sales from all walks of life. Their stories are at once insightful, human and humorous. Delves Broughton reveals the ingredients needed to make a perfect sale, and show us how commercial genius might live in all of us. At every step of this journey we learn that selling - be it a product, person or even an idea - is something we all do every day. We are always pitching and presenting, trying to persuade people to accept us. Master the art of the sale and you will master the art of life. ''A marvellous book about selling, and life, and who we are and how we tick... dazzling'' - Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence ''You can never look upon a sale in quite the same way again. Buy Life''s a Pitch and be enlightened'' - Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist Philip Delves Broughton is the author of the international bestseller What They Teach You at Harvard Business School. He was born in Bangladesh and grew up in England. He served as the New York and Paris bureau chief for the Daily Telegraph, and he now writes for publications including the Financial Times, the Evening Standard, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2006 he received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.

The first and definitive account account of how the 1973 oil embargo rewired the world forever—and the lessons to be learned for today’s oil crisis. Before 1973, Americans had an almost theological faith in abundance—that resources were essentially limitless and that economic growth had no natural ceiling. The embargo didn''t just spike prices; it introduced scarcity as a permanent feature of modern life. Every energy debate since—over nuclear power, climate change, fracking, electric vehicles—has been conducted in the shadow of that October 1973 morning when Arab oil ministers turned a valve and the modern world discovered how fragile it was. For the first time, the US developed an energy policy, and the 55 mph limit was a direct response. Japan created a fleet of energy efficient cars and conquered the American market. OPEC discovered its power—and the world reorganized around it. The political map of the Middle East changed: it planted the seeds of the later 1970s Iranian Revolution crisis. It also accelerated US interest in a negotiated Arab-Israeli settlement and led directly to the Camp David Accords of 1978. Above all, it led to decades of US military entanglement in the Middle East. And that’s where we are today. For that reason, Embargo offers lessons that can be relearned today about how an oil crisis can rewire the world forever.