FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 22, 2005
JOE WATSON'S RESULTS WITHOUT EXCUSES:
USING DIVERSITY TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
SOLD TO ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
Peter Miller, President of PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc. is pleased to announce the placement of Results Without Excuses: Using Diversity to Grow Your Business (working title) by Joe Watson, with Phil Revzin, Senior Editor at St. Martin's Press. Results Without Excuses is scheduled for Hard Cover publication, Fall/Winter 2006.
America is becoming more diverse every year, and as companies compete globally, business must adapt or perish. Results Without Excuses is a must-have blueprint for companies attempting to respond to a new global culture.
With clarity, wit, and the encouraging tone of the powerful motivational speaker that he is, Joe Watson politely but convincingly demolishes excuses that prevent companies from finding the multicultural staff they all say they are searching for. This is not an angry rant against corporate racism, nor is it a politically correct waltz around the issues, but rather a step-by-step prescription for a logical diversity plan. There are even sections where readers build their own action plans by answering basic questions.
Watson's book outlines not only how businesses can change their workplace homogeneity, but also why they must. Did you know that by 2008, the combined buying power of African Americans, Asians, and Native Americans is expected to exceed 1.5 trillion dollars, a gain of 231% from 1990 and a significant percentage of the nation's total buying power? Businesses selling everything from applesauce to Zoloft will want to take advantage of the changing market to stay ahead of their competitors. Watson's work helps them to do just that.
By the end of this useful and accessible book, executives and managers will be prepared to take their company that next step into a new world filled with innovation and success. The book argues that executives who fail to take advantage of diversity will be overtaken by those who do.
Joe Watson is a former corporate executive with leading companies such as the Eastman Kodak Company, Gartner Group and Robert Half International. Watson is currently the CEO of the Watson Engagement Group — WEG properties (Without Excuses, Diversity Without Excuses, and StrategicHire) have a mission to bring Mr. Watson's passion for business excellence and personal growth to the masses by disrupting convention and challenging the imagination to embrace the power of bold ideas. Each of WEG properties acts as the lead catalyst for corporate and personal reincarnation by addressing the need for change in a 'take charge' atmosphere. Watson founded StrategicHire in 1999 and has established the firm as one of the nation's leading boutique retained executive search firms operating in the rarified air accorded only the top 5% of executive search firms nationally. Watson has been called upon to lead or provide strategic guidance to multi-cultural organizations such as Black Enterprise, National Association of Investment Companies, National Black MBA Association and the Conference of Minority Public Administrators et al. Additionally, his expert opinion has been sought by numerous publications including: The Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, Fast Company Magazine, USA Today, The Washington Post, Chronicle of Philanthropy and U.S. Banker, et al.
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