Ricardo Semler

"... Philip Morris will implement —a modernization program to increase .yearly production capacity to 20 billion cigarettes. Brazilian firm profiting by trusting employees New York Times News Service SAN FRANCISCO Ricardo Semler is the CEO of Semco SA Yet he doesn't have an office. Or a secretary. He doesn't even have a desk anymore at the Brazilian manufacturing firm he took over ..."

"... North America, which will cost Japanese jobs. By ERIK GUNN ■of Tho tournai slaff Many business gurus say that to see profits boom, companies should give workers more power. Ricardo Semler may be an extreme case. He turned thc Brazilian company his father founded into an unusual in workplace democracy but not for the sake of profits, rather because he believed ..."

"... to OWN their work. With the help of his boss, his coach, and his team he turns things around. The Seven Day Weekend Changing the Way Work Works, by Ricardo Semler, Portfolio, $22.95. Richard Semler, CEO of Semco, must know what works his firm has grown revenue from $35 million to more than $200 million in the past six years. With more than employees, there ..."

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