Howard Schultz

A celebration of the extraordinary courage, dedication, and sacrifice of this generation of American veterans on the battlefield and their equally valuable contributions on the home front. Because so few of us now serve in the military, our men and women in uniform have become strangers to us. We stand up at athletic events to honor them, but we hardly know their true measure. Here, Starbucks CEO and longtime veterans advocate Howard Schultz and National Book Award finalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post offer an enlightening, inspiring corrective. The authors honor acts of uncommon valor in Iraq and Afghanistan, including an Army sergeant who repeatedly runs through a storm of gunfire to save the lives of his wounded comrades; two Marines who sacrifice their lives to halt an oncoming truck bomb and protect thirty-three of their brothers in arms; a sixty-year-old doctor who joins the Navy to honor his fallen son. We also see how veterans make vital contributions once they return home, drawing on their leadership skills and commitment to service: former soldiers who aid residents in rebuilding after natural disasters; a former infantry officer who trades in a Pentagon job to teach in an inner-city neighborhood; a retired general leading efforts to improve treatments for brain-injured troops; the spouse of a severely injured soldier assisting families in similar positions. These powerful, unforgettable stories demonstrate just how indebted we are to those who protect us and what they have to offer our nation when their military service is done.

In Pour Your Heart Into It, former CEO and now chairman emeritus Howard Schultz illustrates the principles that have shaped the Starbucks phenomenon, sharing the wisdom he has gained from his quest to make great coffee part of the American experience.The success of Starbucks Coffee Company is one of the most amazing business stories in decades. What started as a single store on Seattles waterfront has grown into the largest coffee chain on the planet. Just as remarkable as this incredible growth is the fact that Starbucks has managed to maintain its renowned commitment to product excellence and employee satisfaction.Marketers, managers, and aspiring entrepreneurs will discover how to turn passion into profit in this definitive chronicle of the company that "has changed everything... from our tastes to our language to the face of Main Street" (Fortune).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the longtime CEO and chairman of Starbucks, a bold, dramatic work about the new responsibilities that leaders, businesses, and citizens share in American society todayas viewed through the intimate lens of one mans life and work. What do we owe one another? How do we channel our drive, ingenuity, even our pain, into something more meaningful than individual success? And what is our duty in the places where we live, work, and play?These questions are at the heart of the American journey. They are also ones that Howard Schultz has grappled with personally since growing up in the Brooklyn housing projects and while building Starbucks from eleven stores into one of the worlds most iconic brands.In From the Ground Up, Schultz looks for answers in two interwoven narratives. One story shows how his conflicted boyhoodincluding experiences he has never before revealedmotivated Schultz to become the first in his family to graduate from college, then to build the kind of company his father, a working-class laborer, never had a chance to work for: a business that tries to balance profit and human dignity.A parallel story offers a behind-the-scenes look at Schultzs unconventional efforts to challenge old notions about the role of business in society. From health insurance and free college tuition for part-time baristas to controversial initiatives about race and refugees, Schultz and his team tackled societal issues with the same creativity and rigor they applied to changing how the world consumes coffee.Throughout the book, Schultz introduces a cross-section of Americans transforming common struggles into shared successes. In these pages, lost youth find first jobs, aspiring college students overcome the yoke of debt, post-9/11 warriors replace lost limbs with indomitable spirit, former coal miners and opioid addicts pave fresh paths, entrepreneurs jump-start dreams, and better angels emerge from all corners of the country.From the Ground Up is part candid memoir, part uplifting blueprint of mutual responsibility, and part proof that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. At its heart, its an optimistic, inspiring account of what happens when we stand up, speak out, and come together for purposes bigger than ourselves. Here is a new vision of what can be when we try our best to lead lives through the lens of humanity.

A história da Starbucks não é apenas um registro de crescimento e sucesso. Ela conta também como uma empresa pode ser construída de maneira diferente. Em Dedique-se de coração percebemos que uma empr

Una obra que revela el modus operandi de uno de los hombres de negocios m#s influyentes del mundo empresarial. En 2007 Starbucks por primera vez en su historia era vulnerable. En los #ltimos a#os hab#a seguido una pol#tica empresarial focalizada en el crecimiento y hab#a abandonado sus valores fundacionales -la conexi#n con los partners y con los clientes, la alta calidad de sus productos, la experiencia Starbucks en definitiva-, adem#s se vio amenazada por una serie de transformaciones externas -hundimiento del mercado inmobiliario, desempleo, cambios en los h#bitos de consumo, recesi#n mundial..., que unidas a la revoluci#n digital pon#an en peligro su futuro inmediato. Se hac#a necesario un cambio de rumbo. Por esta raz#n el entonces presidente de Starbucks, Howard Schultz, reasumi# en 2008 el cargo de consejero delegado. Hab#a llegado el momento de superar el que sin duda iba a ser el gran desaf#o de la empresa: luchar por su vida sin perder su alma. Gracias a un estilo lleno de reminiscencias personales y a un ritmo trepidante que atrapa al lector desde las primeras p#ginas, El desaf#o Starbucks propone una lecci#n magistral que se puede aplicar a todos los #mbitos de la vida: la clave del #xito est# en

En 2007 Starbucks por primera vez en su historia era vulnerable. En los últimos años había seguido una política empresarial focalizada en el crecimiento y había abandonado sus valores fundacionales —