Luck Inc. The 7 secrets of really, really lucky companies

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE success - and few books succeed like books about success. Since the 1982 publication of "In Search of Excellence," by the McKinsey consultants Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, the business-success book has grown from a genre into a juggernaut. The most influential among them, like "The Leadership Engine" and "Reengineering the Corporation" and "Built to Last" and "Good to Great," sell millions of copies, are translated into dozens of languages, and shape the habits of managers from Detroit to Dubai. Their authors launch research firms and leadership education institutes, consult for Fortune 500 companies, and command $50,000 fees to speak at conferences and corporate retreats.