Peak, Chip Conley
Peak, Chip Conley
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Peak
How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow

Author: Chip Conley

Narrator: Chip Conley

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/01/2008


Synopsis

After a long climb to the pinnacle of the hospitality industry, Chip Conley - CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality - was rocked to his foundation by a dramatic economic downturn. His company was suddenly undercapitalized and overexposed in the post-dot.com, post 9/11 economy. This desperate situation made Conley reaffirm his belief in psychologist Abraham Maslow's iconic concept of the Hierarchy of Needs and rely on Maslow's theory of human motivation to help his business flourish once more.
In Peak, Conley explores how Joie de Vivre - the second largest boutique hotelier in the world ? overcame the storm that hit the travel industry by applying translations of Maslow's ideas to his company's winning business practices. Part memoir, part theory, and always practical, accessible, and engaging, Peak offers a behind-the-scenes look at Joe de Vivre's remarkable transformation.
Throughout this audiobook, Conley provides real-world examples from other companies including Google, Whole Foods Market, Harley-Davidson, and Southwest Airlines, and shows how anyone can bring similar changes to their own work and personal lives. Peak reveals the miracle of human potential and shows what can happen when employees live up to their full potential, customers are completely transformed by the experience they receive, and investors are fulfilled by leveraging the potential of their capital.

About Chip Conley

Veteran CEO Chip Conley has created more boutique hotels than anyone in the world. Founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which he grew into America’s second largest boutique hotel company, he speaks around the world on how to find meaning at the intersection of business and psychology. The author of several books, including Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow, he was named the Most Innovative CEO in the San Francisco Bay Area, which he calls home. For more information, visit EmotionalEquations.com and ChipConley.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Colleen on June 13, 2011

Usually I hate business books because they have one premise and it takes them 300 pages what could be told in one 5 page HBR article. But this book is different, Conley builds on the premise and I felt I learned new things all the way to the end of the book. It is a really compelling and insightful......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on November 26, 2010

I like the idea. However I'm always curious if these things are just too affected by survivor bias. Was this idea causal, or just correlated? Is it sufficient? Yes, I think that making sure people are engaged and motivated and well cared for are good things, even great things, but I'm not sure that'......more

Goodreads review by Raúl on October 05, 2020

Una biblia para los empresarios/ emprendedores que quieres llevar su empresa al siguiente nivel y trascender! Escrito amigable y al mismo tiempo aplicable , las pirámides de Maslow son una verdadera herramienta de poder.......more

Goodreads review by Omar on October 05, 2013

Below are key excerpts from the book that I found particularly insightful: 1- "This book is about the miracle of human potential: employees living up to their full potential in the workplace, customers feeling the potential bliss associated with having their unrecognized needs met, and investors feel......more

Goodreads review by Alexandra on March 24, 2019

I found this quite an interesting audio book but the frustration with it was that I really needed to see it in print. Chip recommends quite a lot of reading and that's the frustrating bit about audio books is that you can't write stuff down as you're barrelling along the M1, I also wonder if he was......more