Doing What Matters - Tapa dura

Interweaving personal experience with practical wisdom and a hands-on approach, a successful executive introduces a compelling, no-nonsense system for achieving business success that explains how to focus one's efforts to achieve maximum effect, while avoiding distractions that hinder long-term goals. Simultaneous.

James M. Kilts, a founding partner of the private equity firm Centerview Partners, previously was chairman and CEO of the Gillette Company and prior to that CEO of Nabisco and Kraft. He has been a visiting lecturer and executive-in-residence at the University of Chicago, where he established the James M. Kilts Center for Marketing at the Graduate School of Business.

John Manfredi, managing partner of Manloy Associates, formerly was senior vice president of investor relations and corporate affairs at the Gillette Company and prior to that executive vice president at Nabisco.

Robert L. Lorber is president and CEO of the Lorber Kamai Consulting Group and associate professor at the University of California at Davis.