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The Outsiders
- Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Categories: Business & Careers, Management & Leadership
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Publisher's Summary
"It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different." - John Templeton.
What makes a successful CEO? Most people call to mind a familiar definition: a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise. Others might point to the qualities of today's so-called celebrity CEOs charisma, virtuoso communication skills, and a confident management style. But what really matters when you run an organization? What is the hallmark of exceptional CEO performance? Quite simply, it is the returns for the shareholders of that company over the long term.
In this refreshing, counterintuitive audiobook, author Will Thorndike brings to bear the analytical wisdom of a successful career in investing, closely evaluating the performance of companies and their leaders. You will meet eight individualistic CEOs whose firms' average returns outperformed the S&P 500 by a factor of twenty in other words, an investment of $10,000 with each of these CEOs, on average, would have been worth over $1.5 million twenty-five years later. You may not know all their names, but you will recognize their companies: General Cinema, Ralston Purina, The Washington Post Company, Berkshire Hathaway, General Dynamics, Capital Cities Broadcasting, TCI, and Teledyne.
In The Outsiders, you'll learn the traits and methods striking for their consistency and relentless rationality that helped these unique leaders achieve such exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal, these "outsiders" shunned Wall Street and the press, and shied away from the hottest new management trends. Instead, they shared specific traits that put them and the companies they led on winning trajectories: a laser-sharp focus on per share value as opposed to earnings or sales growth; an exceptional talent for allocating capital and human resources; and the belief that cash flow, not reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value.
Drawing on years of research and experience, Thorndike tells eye-opening stories, extracting lessons and revealing a compelling alternative model for anyone interested in leading a company or investing in one and reaping extraordinary returns.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-04-19
Slightly different from actual book
there are images /diagrams /tables missing from the audio book. it is a good listen but you end up missing the references in the actual book
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- Karun Bir Singh Sandha
- 28-03-21
Must Read for Investors
Hi This books gives crux of investment philosophy of people like Warren Buffet. Must read for experienced investors. It gives an insight on what aspects to look out for in a company while investing. Book comes with Live examples
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- CT SOLAI ABHIRAMI
- 18-10-20
Excellent Audio Book
Well narrated and the contents of this book beautifully conveys the thinking pattern of the unconventional CEOs.
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- Ajay singh rathore
- 23-08-20
Strong hypothesis. Average defense. Ok narration
- Indian accent audience might find it difficult to absorb narration (well could be true for most books)
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- Rohan Panse
- 12-01-20
exceptional case studies
very well written, researched book. it's a reference book for new founder CEOs. story of Teledyne is exceptional
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-11-19
Lots of Learning..
Really fabulous book and excellent narration. Highly recommended for budding investors, business people and Students
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- Maulik D
- 31-10-19
Not suitable for Audible
The book has so much data which with a very monotonous narration becomes too much information at once leading to the reader getting lost.
it's my first flop show with Audible.
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- Jason S
- 04-09-19
Great summary of the 8 CEOs, lessons to learn from
I think the mix of stories and principles the CEOs blended together are good. Having 8 CEOs makes it interesting because there's a variety to look at. I do think there's a bit glossed over, but still a positive read for learning.
Here are my notes:
- Greedy when others are fearful
- Investing in the right things in big ways, cut costs everywhere else
- Funding acquisitions with debt
- Think fast and slow: fast with your initial gut-reaction, slow with your analysis
- Concentration can decrease risk
- Always do the math: data driven decisions
- Reinvest your earnings to snowball income, sheltered from tax
- Determine the hurdle rate (minimum acceptable returns for investment) and calculate & rank investments by returns and risk, use conservative assumptions
- Money allocation should be owner led, not delegated.
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- Anurag K.
- 01-09-15
Clear, structured presentation. Well narrated. Worth a listen!
This audiobook is certainly worth a listen. The book is laid out in a clear, concise manner with a case study on each of the Outsiders CEOs. Each of the CEOs faced a unique set of obstacles making this book an engrossing listen/read throughout.
Please note that the emphasis is on the success of the CEOs in office rather than on the formative background that made these CEOs unique. As such, the reader/listener has to take on a degree of blind faith in making sure the author uses the right metrics to identify success for these standout CEOs. For example, much is made of about the stock price CAGR during the tenure of the CEO and therefore, a heavy emphasis is placed on various methods to gain leverage (stock buybacks, debt issuance, etc.). Naturally, higher beta/leverage in a growing industry promises to substantial outperformance in a growing industry but taking on more risk in an uncertain market and have the dice fall in your favor doesn't necessarily mark great decision making. Rant over. Good book. Well narrated. Makes you think.
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- William G. Stuart
- 06-07-15
Corporate Leaders Do Make a Difference
What made the experience of listening to The Outsiders the most enjoyable?
It's fascinating to see the similarities and differences in these leaders' strategies. What's remarkable is how their results were so much better than their competitors' in the same industry. These executives didn't achieve their success with blockbuster products or emerging markets. Instead, they focused on capital allocation - taking the funds that the company generated and allocating it toward its highest and best use, whether that use was to buy back stock, reduce debt, pay shareholders, expand the existing business or acquire complementary or integrated businesses.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
What I took from this book is that leaders make a huge difference in the performance of a business. And those leaders aren't the people who make the cover of Fortune or Forbes. They're men (mostly) who take actions (divesting assets, buying back stock) that the public generally doesn't notice, but that make their shareholders substantially richer than investors in other companies in the same industry. Who expects an executive who shrinks a defense contractor to a fraction of its former size or sells his visible consumer packaged goods businesses to focus on agricultural feed or buys back her stock when its undervalued to be more successful than Jack Welsh, the standard against which our subjects are measured.
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- Janine Wright
- 15-07-19
Good information
Good information, but the book rattles off statistics which can be difficult tp listen to. My opinion, get this book in hard copy.
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- Matt
- 09-05-15
Good depth of stories and business concepts
Strong on financial concepts. Good examples, well-supported. This book leans a little too much on stock repurchases, but otherwise good.
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- Jason
- 28-09-20
outstanding read. a must for anyone in leadership
one if the few books where it's genuinely better to read it in its entirety than read the overview/spark notes. zero fluff and full of pragmatism.
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- Bradley Shaw
- 12-08-19
Fantastic read
This should be required reading for every business school student. Capital Allocation is the key to long term success and these Outsiders prove this without a shadow of a doubt. Enjoy.
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- Amman Bhasin
- 04-01-19
Superb book
Amazing. Finished the book in a couple hours, couldn't put it down. Wish I could see some of the figures but the narrator does a good job with them.
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- Grant Hemingway
- 09-11-18
Excellent
Loved it, especially insight on Warren Buffett and Katherine Graham, fascinating story. Lots of great advice.
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- Hendrick Mcdonald
- 18-10-15
A Very Good Summary of Value Focused CEOs
The book provides a to-the-point summary of value-focused CEOs, highlighting their business decisions and personality characteristics which seem to have made them effective managers. The book emphasizes these CEOs focusing less on stock growth and more on internal business growth, which then leads to greater stock values. Less focus on buybacks and dividends, with more focus on internal investment, business alignment, and making cuts where necessary.
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- Ben Booth
- 04-12-19
Highly repetitive
I don't get the hype around this book, Buffets favorite, I am not surprised he mentioned on nearly every business example and invested in them all. Here is how every example goes to save you a credit on purchase.
Decentralized organisation with only 20 staff at HQ empowering staff to make decisions
Re-bought stock at "single digit multiples" when there was a downturn instead of acquisitions because it was a better investment
Always bought about 40% of the stock back, every time 40%??
not tight with money just careful - used on every example
made good acquisitions - because that is just easy to do you know, you just need to make good acquisitions, i always thought bad ones were the goal.
Leveraged stock
Reduced tax payments
Reduced staff and overheads
Sold assets
Streamlined non profitable arms of the business
That is pretty much every example, not how they made these good decisions or how they dealt with maintaining efficiencies in reducing staff, just that they did it.
Anyone who runs a business knows these things are what you do, its how to do them well that is hard. Reducing overheads, what business doesn't want to reduce overheads if it can.
Honestly i have saved you the read, it is the first book I DNF... EVER.
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- Phil
- 17-09-15
Exceptional
Life changing for business leadership imagery and assumptions. Its the why of brilliance, simply the standard for commercial knowledge.
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- Jas Singh
- 16-11-20
My favourite Business book of the Year
Brilliant book about managers spanning the decades, sharing insight's how these brilliant managers got the results they did.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-07-20
great book
loved it. such a rewarding experience to complete this book. great reading performance as well.
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-11-19
Great Book! One of the best!
Great Book! One of the best! Very easy to understand. Clear messages. I definitely recommend it!
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- James
- 23-10-19
Dissapointing
the book offers nothing beyond a brief summary of appointments, key development, and departures of people. nothing interesting that you couldn't find otherwise by tapping names into google search
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- Michael
- 17-07-19
Institutional imperative
The book makes the case that the 8 CEOs were able achieve amazing results by not following institutional imperative. I get a sense that CEOs past, present and future often do follow the institutional imperative and I wanted the book to explore that more. Is there a problem with the current practice of selecting and recruiting CEOs? From an evolutionary perspective, ineffective CEOs should have been outcompeted pretty quickly and disappeared but I do not think that is the case. Until that problem is addressed, institutional imperative will be alive and well and shareholder's capital remains at risk.
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- Ben Sheridan
- 09-01-19
Just Incredible
A fascinating deep dive into the practices and mindsets of high performance CEOs. Very well written, zero padding and narrator keeps you engaged the entire time.
Bravo William N. Thorndike and Brian Troxell
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- Anonymous User
- 07-07-18
capital allocation
Fantastic lessons learnt on capital allocation. One of the most basic but underappreciated concepts. thanks
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- Honest John
- 16-01-18
Excellent Advice and Proven Principles
Success is due to disciplined execution of known principles combined with your competencies. Very straight forward to understand and replicate.
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- Olivier Pecheur
- 03-02-21
Fantastic business insights
This audiobook is rich of learning, easy to understand and to listen. A keeper for sure.
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- Geran Jarman
- 03-01-20
Very hard to get excited while reading this...
I understand this was written a while ago, but the structure of this book as well as the dull narrator make for a very boring audio book.. I do not recommend .
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- Sobin
- 01-01-20
Different thinking
Another informative book, this book tell u how the 8 different CEOs management defferent from normal CEOs
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- Alexander Christopher Smith
- 21-05-18
Good insights into how top performing CEOs operate
Good for people who are interested about business and company management/investment decisions. Interesting the high level of idiosyncratic and concentration risk these CEOs were willing to take compared with modern theory of diversification and risk adjusted returns etc.
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- Julia
- 14-05-18
Excellent
For anyone interested in being an exceptional CEO... it helps if you’ve studied business as you’ll get more out of it.
Fantastic!!