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GIVEAWAY! Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (Book Review 2010-107)

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Product Description

In his first book, Tony Hsieh – the widely-admired CEO of on-line shoe retailer, Zappos, explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors and backers. Using anecdotes and stories from his own experiences and from other companies, Hsieh provides concrete ways that companies can achieve unprecedented success. Even better, he shows how creating happiness and record results go hand-in-hand. He starts with the ‘Why’ in a section where he narrates his quest to understand the science of happiness. Then he runs through the ten Zappos ‘Core Values’ such as ‘Deliver WOW through Service,’ ‘Create Fun and A Little Weirdness’ and ‘Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit’ and explains how you and your colleagues should come up with your own. Hsieh then details many of the unique practices at Zappos that have made it the success it is today, such as the philosphy of allocating marketing money into the customer experience, thereby allowing repeat customers and word-of-mouth be their true form of marketing. He also explains why Zappos’s main priority is company culture and his belief that once you get the culture right, everything else – great customer service, long-term branding – will happen on its own. Finally, Hsieh explains how Zappos employees actually apply the Core Values to improving their lives outside of work – and to making a difference in their communities and the world –This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

About the Author

Tony Hsieh became involved with Zappos as an advisor and investor in 1999, about two months after the company was founded. He eventually joined Zappos full time in 2000.

Under his leadership, Zappos has grown gross merchandise sales from $1.6M in 2000 to over $1 billion in 2008 by focusing relentlessly on customer service.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 253 pages
  • Publisher: Business Plus; 1 edition (June 7, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0446563048
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446563048

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LOVED IT

This is a truly inspiring story of success that any one in business should read.  By creating happiness among employees, Tony has proven that this will lead to a profitable company.  I can say for a fact that this works since one of the best jobs I ever had used these same principles and the company was quite profitable as well as the happy employees.  I really enjoyed this one both as a memoir and business read.

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  40. I found your review to be intriguing and one that I would take pleasure in reading.
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