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Title: Body and Soul : Profits with Principles--The Amazing Success Story of Anita Roddick & The Body Shop by Anita Roddick ISBN: 0-517-88134-9 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 25 January, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: No BS
Comment: This is very unconventional business book. This is a story about Anita Roddick and her leadership role at cosmetic company called The Body Shop. Anita Roddick exposes the common myths about management. She illustrates perfectly that to be successful we need the only tool - a vision. When her first The Body Shop opened in 1976 in Littlehampton, England, this hippie woman borrowed money for a beginning of her business. She wants her stores to be clean, exciting, and the people who work there to be passionate about their work. And now she do not like to hire anybody from Harvard Business School, but her The Body Shop today is comparable with Revlon or Este Lauder, her unachievable rivals.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiring story of a vionary woman talking common sense
Comment: I loved it.
Anita Roddick exposes the myths about mangement. She illustrates pefectly that to be successful we need a vision. Her vision was simple. Employ people who care, employ people who are proud, employ people who will question, employ people who will rattle the cage from within. She perfectly illustrates, in her story about borrowing money, how fickle the typical bank manager was in the 1970's - how we would like to think things have changed.
She is also a realist - she pulls no punches she says.... "Im in this for me!" - yes sure she has an ego to satisfy .... dont we all? - her great quality is that she admits it. Most people do not have the honesty to say it.
I just love how she roots her beleifs about business success in common sense ...... like welcoming new ideas and original thought, trusting your staff and listening to your customers - and then change things.
She also has values that are explicit and wants people who work with her to! also work from a values base
Thank you Anita for a wonderful read - here's to the next edition!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Profit DOES go with true liberal business ideals.
Comment: Interesting to note how few reviews there are of this book. The Body Shop does not kiss the ring of greed and avarice, but shows how holding true liberal priciples of social justice, economic growth through trade, local effort, AND profit go together. Given the lack of female role models in the business world, I would have Body and Soul as a part of any business curriculum. In fact, I am going to do that in my own company's internal training work.
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Title: Business as Unusual: The Triumph of Anita Roddick by Anita Roddick ISBN: 0722539878 Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Anita!: The Woman Behind the Body Shop by Jules Older, Lisa Kopper ISBN: 0881069795 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Business As Unusual by Anita Roddick ISBN: 000710796X Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Body Shop Book: The Vital Guide to Body Care by Body Shop Team, Body Shop International, Anita Roddick ISBN: 0525939504 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Take It Personally: How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World by Anita Roddick ISBN: 1573247073 Publisher: Publishers Group West Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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