The bestselling author of How to Become CEO returns with a pithy, smart, and useful collection of wisdom learned by business leaders at their own family dinners

Do you want to get to the top? Do you want to know how to rise above the crowd and become a leader in your field? Then this is the book for you. In How to Get to the Top, bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox combines his own experience as an extremely successful entrepreneur with lessons learned at the family dinner table by business leaders such as Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks; Tom Chappell, founder of Tom?s of Maine; Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals; and George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees. The essential guide on how to get to the top — and stay there — this compelling book contains hard-hitting advice on independence and self-reliance, management dynamics, and problem soling, including:

–You can?t unsour the milk.
–Speak sweetly: You may have to eat your words.
–Tip as if you were the tippee.
–Act like you own the place.
–You have to know the rules to break them.
–Never be late.
–Always compliment the chef . . . especially at home.
–Teach your girls to whistle.
–Spend the company?s money as you would your own.
–Don?t teach the quarterback to catch.

?Teams Create The Best Solutions.?
BANG.

?Always Trust Your Research.?
BANG.

?It?s Okay To Put Up With Jerks, If They?re Talented.?
BANG.

When you think about it, there are a lot of Sacred Cows grazing lazily in the halls of corporate America. And we think it?s time someone shot them. Dead.

Don?t get us wrong. While the authors have nothing against cows in general (they love steak), they do have a problem with Sacred Cows. Blindly doing things because . . . well . . . that?s the way they?ve always been done. Formulas may be comforting, but they rarely work in the real world.

This is the funniest?and truest?business book you?ll ever read. Not only do the authors demonstrate how to identify and kill the Sacred Cows in your workplace, they also reveal brilliant alternatives that will put your career in overdrive and help make your business more profitable, innovative, and happy.

From branding (?Branding Is Expensive.? BANG.) to leadership (?Follow The Leader.? BANG.) to hiring (?Only Hire Someone Who Has Done The Job Before.? BANG.) no Sacred Cow is left standing.

Oh, and here?s another Sacred Cow of business books:

?No one reads flap copy.?
BANG!

A true force for change, Gary Hirshberg has been at the forefront of movements working for environmental and social transformation for 30 years.  From his early days as an educator and activist to his current position as President and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world?s largest organic yogurt company, Hirshberg?s positive outlook has inspired thousands of people to recognize their ability to make the world a better place.

In Stirring it Up, Hirshberg calls on individuals to realize their power to effect change in the marketplace ? ?the power of one? ? while proving that environmental commitment makes for a healthier planet and a healthier bottom line. Drawing from his 25 years? experience growing Stonyfield Farm from a 7-cow start-up, as well as the examples of like-minded companies, such as Newman?s Own, Patagonia, Wal-Mart and Timberland, Hirshberg presents stunning evidence that business not only can save the planet, but is able to simultaneously deliver higher growth and superior profits as well.

Hirshberg illustrates his points with practical information and advice, as well as engaging anecdotes from what he calls ?the bad old days? of his yogurt company: how a power outage left him milking cows by hand, how a dumpster fire revealed the need for better packaging, and his camel manure taste test challenge to a local shock jock. He also describes hands-on grassroots marketing strategies — printing yogurt lids with provocative, politically charged messages, handing out thousands of free samples to subway commuters to thank them for using public transit, and devising the country?s first organic vending machine — explaining how these approaches make a much more powerful impact on consumers than traditional advertising.

An inspiring book for business owners and managers as well as anyone interested in saving the environment, Stirring It Up demonstrates how companies can work to save the planet, while achieving greater profits and satisfaction, and how we can all use the power of conscious consumption to encourage green corporate behavior.

For more information, please visit www.stonyfield.com.