Breakaway Deliver Value to Your Customers-Fast!

"Breakaway is a literary breakthrough! This is a business book that reads more easily than most and is as enlightening as any. Fred has succeeded in demystifying the previously arcane world of employee performance and competency management. Kudos for stripping the industry of its gobbledy-gook jargon and baring its substantive soul." --Howard M. Block, managing director, Education Services, Banc of America Securities, LLC "Speed and proficiency is a great and highly practical concept for gaining competitive advantage. Chuck Fred has done a beautiful job of blending the ideologies of continuous quality improvement and those of continuous learning to create an articulate and compelling case for winning through the development of people. Breakaway cuts right to the core of what differentiates winners from losers in the race to provide superior customer value." --Gary Jusela, vice president, learning, The Home Depot "Chuck Fred's concepts reflect the importance of business velocity, speed of decision making, and customer impact often overlooked in many popular works regarding quality in business." --Terry J. Erdle, vice president, Sun Microsystems Educational Services "Getting new employees up to speed rapidly--and helping current employees learn new skills--has never been more important for success. The Breakaway concepts are becoming a key competitive edge in the war to attract and utilize top talent. A quick 'cycle time to proficiency' is now a must to meet both our customer and employee needs." --Eric J. Ross, president, Global Customer Care Services, Nortel Networks "Breakaway reflects the winning philosophy of valuing each person as an individual with unique skills and talents. Fred recognizes that by adapting employee education and training to meet this reality, it is not only good for the person, but good for the customer and for business." --C. William Pollard, chairman and chief executive officer, The ServiceMaster CompanyFred, Charles L. is the author of 'Breakaway Deliver Value to Your Customers-Fast!' with ISBN 9780787961640 and ISBN 0787961647.