Brenneman - Right away & all at once: five steps to transform your business and enrich your life

By turns candid and constructive, Greg Brenneman has put together an illustrative collection of real-life stories and examples that offer valuable insights for anyone running a business or anyone trying to lead a meaningful life and contribute to the lives of others.

Gregs indefatigable spirit, sound judgment and depth of experience shine through in Right Away and All At Once as he shares what hes learned from various mentors on everything from how to build a business to how to sustain a core set of principles to how to maintain the stamina and discipline that is required to lead an organization day in and day out. These life lessons also apply to how to maintain a healthy focus on whats most important in your personal and family life.

Jamie Dimon, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Greg Brennemans book is of course written most directly for business CEOs, but its five clear principles have rich and varied applications. This then is a great book of insights for all leaders in general and for personal life-change in particular. I highly recommend it.

Tim Keller, Senior Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

Leaders are often faced with a component or an entire business that needs turning around. Right Away and All At Once provides key advice on how to develop a Go Forward plan that is easy to communicate and focuses your organization on what really matters. The additional benefit of Right Away and All At Once is how this insight can apply to your personal life as well.

Craig Menear, Chairman, CEO, and President, The Home Depot

Having skied and climbed with Greg, trying to keep up with his pace on the mountainside, it didnt surprise me to read Right Away and All At Once and see that same drive, simplicity and precision applied to business and life. I love these stories and lessons about pushing forward, breaking through barriers, and making an impact in the world. These truths are refreshing and unexpected, and I know they will have tremendous value as you map your future.

Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, complete the Seven Summits, and kayak the entire Grand Canyon; author; inspirational speaker and founder of No Barriers

If you have been looking for a life plan template, start reading. The gift that Greg Brenneman has in seeing things of importance clearly, and then applying that conviction of clarity, is revealed in this book. Finding our highest and best use of time and passions is elusive to many of us as we find clutter pressing against us every day. Greg shows us all how to balance our lives and spend time pushing, teaching, leading, listening, learning, mentoring, loving, giving, and without exception, praying the way forward with purpose. Beyond the words of WHAT is within the book, its inspiring to see Greg live the values and beliefs of WHO he is.

Jim Hyatt, President & CEO, Churchs Chicken

Right Away and All At Once is an informative and worthy read. As a CEO, more books than I have time to possibly read cross my desk, but few are as insightful and practical as this one. Greg Brenneman applies straightforward learnings from his considerable experience running complex global companies and boils them down into a playbook that can help any business leader be more effective and successful. And in parallel he challenges the reader by explaining how these same concepts can be applied to managing ones personal life to achieve the meaning and purpose we all desire for ourselves.....Read this book!

Martin Craighead, Chairman and CEO, Baker Hughes

Business growth requires the ability to both advance what is working, and turn around what is not. Leaders need a clear path for doing both. Greg Brennemans competence and character come through in a book that will catalyze your organization, no matter what state its in.

John Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of Boundaries; Leadership Expert and Psychologist; Founder, the Townsend Institute of Leadership

It is rare that a book offers such sound business advice coupled with insightful spiritual guidance. Right Away and All At Once is that book. From a business perspective, Greg Brenneman draws from his vast experience with successful company turnarounds and private equity deal making to distill his learnings into five core principles needed to transform a business. These same principles are then highlighted to help a person turnaround and transform their life spiritually culminating in a generous life. Whether your pursuit is secular or sacred, this is a must read.

Kyle Vann, Chairman, Generous Giving

Right Away and All At Once provides a compelling explanation of the common principles that lead to success in business and in our personal lives. This book is a great collection of lifes lessons and guidance to help business leaders run better performing companies and lead more fulfilling lives. Through many examples, the book shows us how we need both mentors and close friends to reach our full potential. The importance of generosity as it relates to developing leaders, serving friends, and giving back to others less fortunate is apparent throughout each chapter. It will serve as a great reference for business leaders, management teams, and individuals wanting to make a difference in this world.

Waters Davis, President, National Christian Foundation, Houston

Insightful, practical, and powerfully effective. Greg Brenneman has distilled the key steps to turn around your business and your life!

Vinh Chung, Member, World Vision Board, author of Where the Wind Leads

In Right Away and All At Once, Greg Brenneman has provided a framework and methodology for looking at our businesses with fresh eyes, but more importantly hes provided a roadmap for integrating our personal and professional lives with incredible clarity. Regardless of your faith, or lack thereof, his simple techniques allow anyone to develop a life plan free of unnecessary distractions and more likely to provide a path to happiness in profoundly fulfilling ways. Greg Brennemans humility in acknowledging those mentors who have meaningfully affected his life and all its successes is equally refreshing. In a fast, easy, and compelling read, Greg Brenneman has given all of us a pathway to controlling our lives while in the grace of our creator.

Les Brun, Chairman, ADP

Right Away and All At Once reveals an ancient secret. Gods ways are excellent, which should surprise no one but will actually surprise many. When things need to happen anywhere, everyone is better off when Gods man shows up. This book shows why.

Britt Harris, Chief Investment Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Right Away and All At Once is an excellent book to read whether you lead a for profit business or lead a not for profit business or ministry. The principles outlined by Greg Brenneman can have a profound impact on you personally as you wrestle through some of the most important questions about life, family success and beyond. I encourage you to read this book it is excellent!

Mario Zandstra, Former President & CEO, Pine Cove Regional Director, Redeemer City to City