Whether you're managing a small work group or a multinational corporation, a single division or an entire nonprofit, The Breakthrough Imperative presents four core laws of business to help you determine where you are, just how far you can go, and how to get there with stellar results.

Watch video clips of Bain & Company partners Mark Gottfredson and Steve Schaubert, authors of The Breakthrough Imperative, as they discuss the following topics:

• About the book
• The basic fundamentals of business
• Today's CEO
• The impact of recession on the fundamentals
• Private Equity

Watch clips Breakthrough Imperative overview (1:23) Why did you write Breakthrough Imperative? (1:19) Who should read the book? (1:25) What are the key findings? (1:16) What is the research behind the findings? (0:46)

Watch clips The Four Laws (1:07) The twelve must-have facts (1:20) The most undervalued principle: simplicity (1:03) Counter-intuitiveness of "prices always decline" (1:58) Companies that "get it" (2:13)

Watch clips Turnover factor (1:10) What to do as a new CEO (2:12) CEOs that "get it" (2:01)

Watch clips Greatest challenges CEOs face during recession (2:21) Does a recession change the rules? (1:17)

Watch clip Do the laws apply to Private Equity? (1:18)

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