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Lonely Quest of Unilever's CEO Paul Polman by Jeroen Smit (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAnthem Press

ISBN-101839988924

ISBN-139781839988929

eBay Product ID (ePID)22059115804

Product Key Features

Number of Pages452 Pages

Publication NameLonely Quest of Unilever's Ceo Paul Polman

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

SubjectIndustries / Food Industry, International / General, Development / Sustainable Development

TypeTextbook

AuthorJeroen Smit

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2023-901569

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"This book is a great read about leadership as well as opportunities and new challenges to future-proof an organisation." -- Jan Zijderveld, Former Unilever President Europa / CEO of Avon, Supervisory Board-Member of (a.o) Ahold Delhaize

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal338.76640092

Table Of ContentPART 1 Doing well and Doing Good, 1994-2007; 1.Mea Culpa, We're Completely in the wrong: 1994-1998; 2.Two Captains, One Helm: 1998-2001; 3.Mutinous Men; We Can't Go On Like This: 2001-2005; 4.A French Bookkeeper Puts Share Price Centre Stage: 2005-2007; 5.Outsiders in Charge: 2007-2008; PART 2 Doing Good and Doing Well, 2008-2016; 6.Only Responsible Companies Go the Distance:September-December 2008; 7.Growing, Growing, Growing [...] and Doing Good: December 2008-January 2010; 8.It's Not a Job, It's a Calling: February-November 2010; 9.Colours to the Mast: November 2010-October 2011; 10.But We Can't Do This Alone: January 2012-March 2013; 11.Making Money Can Never Be the Goal: April-October 2013; 12.The World's Biggest NGO: November 2013-February 2015; 13.More Priest Than CEO: March-December 2015; 14.Too Far Ahead of His Troops: January 2016-January 2017; PART 3 Doing Well and Doing Good, 2017-2019; 15.'Rescued' by Warren Buffett: 11 February-7 March 2017; 16.A Mayor in Wartime: March-April 2; 17.For Sale: Dutch DNA, Milked Dry: May-December 2017; 18.'Rotterdoom': Mission Impossible: January-September 2018; 19.The Pioneer Feels Misunderstood: October-December 2018; 20.Paul Polman's Lonely High Road: January-July 2019; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary of Names

SynopsisCompanies that do not contribute to a better world do not have the right to exist. They need to focus on doing the right thing, making the world a better place and then the money will follow. In February 2017, Kraft Heinz's attempt to buy Unilever for 135 billion euros ends in failure. According to Paul Polman, a company whose stated purpose is purely to make money has no reason to exist. The Unilever CEO refuses to work for the benefit of a few billionaires. Companies must be a force for good and work for the billions of people who have nothing. Polman is popular with governments and charitable organisations, but confidence among analysts and investors is thin. They are more interested in sales projections; there is no place in their calculations for good deeds. But how sustainable is that? His attempt to steer Unilever into a safe Dutch haven in order to escape Brexit and seek refuge from shareholders focused on short-term profits ultimately hits the rocks. Walking the line between making money and doing the right thing, Polman, more 'priest' than CEO, is too far ahead of his time. The world is crying out for big business to address the major issues of our time, such as climate change. The Great Battle is a compelling call to action for us all to rethink our behaviour. This is the only way to save capitalism's soul., The Great Battle or The Lonely Quest of Unilever's CEO Paul Polman describes the origins of Unilever and the role former CEO Paul Polman (2009-2019) played in Unilever's quest for acting responsibly in a world that is being threatened by climate change, lack of biodiversity, pollution and growing tensions between rich and poor. In The Lonely Quest of Unilever's CEO Paul Polman Smit reconstructs the lessons we can learn from a courageous pioneer who was also ahead of his time., When Paul Polman became the CEO of the multinational Unilever in 2009, he set out on a quest to convince his colleagues, his board, and the outside world that companies do not have the right to exist if their only purpose is making money. More importantly, he set out to prove that a company could in fact be both profitable and sustainable. The Great Battle or The Lonely Quest of Unilever's CEO Paul Polman investigates how Polman navigated between making money and doing the right thing. Smit convincingly argues that Polman was too far ahead of his time, but that his ideas about responsible capitalism are the very thing we need to turn the tide.

LC Classification NumberHD9999