This guide to achieving sustainable world-class performance provides guiding principles to senior executives and best practices to managers that, if fully embraced and implemented correctly, will transform most any firm into an organization capable of dominating its industry throughout the 21st Century. While there are many best practices that firms should consider in their efforts to continuously improve, there are seven best practices that are indispensable in this era of rapid change, increasing customer demands, and intense global competition. These seven best practices address the people, processes, and technology elements of which every enterprise is comprised and without them firmly in place, organizations will eventually flounder. When driven by top management, instituting 15 business principles based on these seven best practices will transform an organization from mediocrity to a powerhouse referred to as The Best Practices Enterprise™. These proven principles and practices are supported by nearly 50 real examples and excerpts from actual projects to demonstrate how multiple organizations have institutionalized these best practices. About the Author: James M. Kerr James M. Kerr is the managing partner at KCG, a leading management consulting firm, located in Cromwell, Connecticut that specializes in assisting Fortune 500 firms with corporate visioning, scenario planning, mergers/acquisitions, process design, and enterprise reorganization. Mr. Kerr is a highly-respected management consultant with over 20 years of experience. He is best known for his corporate transformation, strategy formulation, and business redesign work in a wide variety of industries. Clients include Fortune 500 firms AXA Financial, The Home Depot and IBM. He has also lead numerous successful projects in the government sector, including work for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. This leading expert has been published extensively in the media and previously authored books for McGraw-Hill and John Wiley & Sons. He is a sought after speaker that also teaches graduate-level strategic planning courses within the Lally School of Management at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute.