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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 05 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Janet Metzger. |
| Summary |
An in-depth look at the life of Oakland, California native, Barclay Simpson, Strong Ties focuses on the set of convictions and leadership qualities that allowed Simpson to build a successful business from nothing and to become one of the major philanthropists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Simpson founded Simpson Manufacturing Co, Inc., in 1956, which he grew from a small, artisan business that fabricated metal connectors into a world-wide, publicly-traded company, known throughout the construction industry as a manufacturer of over 4000 distinct, highly engineered products for tying one structural element to another in residential and commercial projects. In building the company, he developed a set of company principles that placed employees at the center of his business. Central to these principles was a compensation system that included broad-based, quarterly profit-sharing along with employee development and education programs that promoted hiring from within the ranks of the company, thereby allowing employees to build life-long careers in which many were able to go from hourly production line labor to management. A story of Barclay Simpson's leadership style as both a business man and a philanthropist, Strong Ties chronicles the astounding continuity between his views on making money, and giving it away. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Simpson, Barclay.
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Simpson Manufacturing Co.
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Building materials industry -- United States -- History.
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Businesspeople -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
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Philanthropists -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Adamson, Judith K., author.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781696604338 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1696604338 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14382876 |
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