Lambert / Holzman Undercover Boss

Inside the TV Phenomenon that is Changing Bosses and Employees Everywhere
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-93984-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

"For a popular television series, Undercover Boss has anunusual knack for raising deep and weighty questions."
--Forbes
On February 7, 2010 the CBS television series UndercoverBoss USA premiered to a staggering 38.6 millionviewers, the largest post-Super Bowl audience for a new series andthe most-watched premiere episode of any reality series in thehistory of television.
Now, for the first time, the bosses and employees featured onUndercover Boss share the lessons they learned as well asthe formative experiences that resulted from being on the show.Show creators and executive producers Stephen Lambert and EliHolzman reveal how they came up with the idea for the show, howthey got a major network on board, and of course, how they found adynamic, charismatic group of bosses willing to goundercover--on camera--in this thoroughly newexperiment.
Featuring all-new interviews and insights with the bosses andemployees of the nine businesses featured on Season 1 of the show,as well producers' notes on what you didn't see behind the scenes,this book is a must-have for fans of the show everywhere.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lambert, Stephen

Holzman, Eli

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
1. Sorting Through the Garbage 1 8
Waste Management: Larry O'Donnell, President and COO
2. Wings, Women, and Beer 4 4
Hooters of America: Coby Brooks, President and CEO
3. The Necessities of Life 6 8
7-Eleven: Joe DePinto, President and CEO
4. An American Love Affair 9 0
White Castle: Dave Rife, Owner
5. Time to Get Personal 116
Churchill Downs: Bill Carstanjen, COO
6. Looking for Fulfilment 142
GSI Commerce: Michael Rubin, Founder and CEO
7. What Riches Can't Buy 168
Herschend Family Entertainment: Joel Manby, President and CEO
8. Troubles Down the Drain 196
Roto-Rooter: Rick Arquilla, President and COO
9. Say It with Flowers 220
1-800-Flowers: Chris McCann, President and COO
Go Undercover in Your Own Organization 247
Acknowledgments 253
About the Authors 257

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Lambert, chief executive of Studio Lambert, is oneof Britain's best-known creative television executives, responsiblefor creating award-winning documentary formats such as FakingIt, Secret Millionaire, Wife Swap, andUndercover Boss. He lives in London with his wife, JenniRussell, a columnist for the Guardian and SundayTimes, and their two children.
Eli Holzman is president and cofounder of Studio LambertUSA, where he launched and executive produced UndercoverBoss. He began his career at Miramax Films and founded MiramaxTelevision, where he helped create Project Greenlight and the hitBravo series Project Runway. For 20th CenturyFox-based Katalyst Films, he developed and launched the CWseries Beauty & the Geek. As an independent producer,his series creations include Bravo's Work Of Art. He livesin Venice Beach, California.