Driving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company

Gary A. Garfield

Aug 2022 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Jonathan Yen

About this audiobook

In Driving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company, now-retired chief executive officer Gary Garfield delivers an incisive and eye-opening road map of how to transform any organization, department, or group. Through a series of massive changes, Garfield drove record results as CEO. By sharing his learnings on driving change in this insightful book, you'll learn how you can use the six essential elements to drive results through change at your organization or with your team. In the book, the celebrated author presents: startling insights into the symptoms of a dysfunctional organization or group-and how to turn it around; comprehensive explanations of each of the six keys to transformation and how to implement them in any company or team; strategies for selling change throughout your organization or group to ensure its success; the hallmarks of successful change leaders; the importance of culture and how to change it; and critical people issues that so often arise during transformation efforts and how to deal with those issues. A must-listen collection of thought-provoking, practical, and hands-on methods for delivering impactful and quantifiable change in any environment, Driving Results is the blueprint for transforming any organization or group into a high-performing and culturally healthy powerhouse.

About the author

Gary A. Garfield joined Bridgestone Americas in its law department, and was the general counsel and chief compliance officer before he was promoted to CEO. Garfield ultimately became its CEO, president, and chairman of the board. Currently, Garfield is a writer, keynote speaker, consultant, and executive coach.

Jonathan Yen was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and he's carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie's true adventures in the Amazon, Jonathan loves to tell a good story.