Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick

In this book, Ken Iverson, former CEO of Nucor Steel, explains how management practices he instituted at Nucor can be used as models for success in other businesses. The basic principles he emphasizes are: 1 - Decentralization 2 - Placing trust in employees 3 - Egalitarian benefits 4 - Minimizing layers of management 5 - Production-based pay