About MyYearsWithGM.com

MyYearsWithGM.com is dedicated to examining the timeless principles of strategic leadership expressed in My Years with General Motors by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., and how those principles -- published in 1964 -- continue to inspire good business practice today.

The site is also the home of the GM Centennial AUDIOBOOK Edition of My Years with General Motors, which will recast this essential text for modern use. Publication is September, 2008. Registered users of MyYearsWithGM.com will receive prepublication information and special pricing opportunities.

Alfred Sloan served as Chief Executive of General Motors (1923 - 1956), during which time he led the origination and development of what might be called the "Constitution of Commerce:" the fundamental structures, strategies, policies and practices that still serve as the foundation for large enterprise worldwide.

My Years with General Motors expresses the purposeful discovery of these elemental principles of business through the story of the rise of General Motors from the verge of bankruptcy in 1920 to its decades-long position as the world's leading manufacturing enterprise, a position it still claims.

Sloan's fundamental enterprise innovations include decentralization, integrated marketing strategy, objective market research and forecasting, effective financial controls, and more.

Sloan is also one of the world's best-known philanthropists, as founder and/or primary benefactor of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Institute.

MyYearsWithGM.com is the creation and sole responsibility of Joshua Davidson, and all material herein is copyright 2008 Joshua Davidson, unless otherwise indicated.