The book you hold in your hands is a practical guide to building a great company. This book is about how to transform an existing enterprise into an outstanding company capable of achieving significant results, becoming an industry leader and a role model. In an accessible, concise form, the authors outline the “quintessence of success”: how to lay the foundation for future greatness at an early stage of business development; How to develop an effective leadership style that inspires subordinates and promotes innovation, in accordance with the characteristics of your company and your personality; how to solve the key strategic problems that any growing business faces; how to correctly develop a vision concept for your company and turn it into an adequate strategy and successful tactics, step by step bringing you closer to the top of the business. The authors provide many instructive examples from the history of real companies that became great: Nike, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Federal Express, etc. The book will be of interest to business owners, managers of commercial and non-profit organizations, as well as business coaches and students, students majoring in management.