"No one is better qualified than Michael Payne to reveal the intricate details behind the Olympic renaissance. Olympic Turnaround is more than a compelling story of deal brokering at the highest levels; it's a lesson in creative problem solving and brand building that will appeal to sports fans and business leaders in equal measure." -- Peter Ueberroth, President of the United States Olympic Committee and Former Commissioner of Major League Baseball and President and CEO of the Los Angeles Games, 1984 "Michael Payne provides a fascinating inside story on rebuilding what what has become one of the most powerful brands in the world; a brand we all feel ownership of, care for and enjoy; a brand whose values companies pay literally billions to be associated with." -- Sean Meehan, The Martin Hilti Professor of Marketing and Change Management, IMD "No one knows the Olympic brand better than Michael Payne. Olympic Turnaround provides a road map to success in 2012." -- Sebastian Coe, Olympian and Chairman of London's successful 2012 Olympic bid "If Juan Antonio Samaranch was 'M' then Michael Payne was 'Q' in the cloak and dagger world behind the Olympic Games. With more twists and turns than a spy novel, Payne's masterly telling of the games behind the Games is a page turner for anyone who has thrilled to Olympic competition." -- David Hill, Chairman and CEO, Fox Sports "If ever there was someone in a position to tell the story of the IOC in the late 20th century and its phenomenal recovery for the new millennium, it would be Michael Payne. There's a reason he's been called the world's foremost sports marketer and this book gives full credence to that position. An intriguing read that makes clear how hard it is to market global sport properties." -- Rick Burton, Commissioner, National Basketball League (Australia) "From the crippling tit-for-tat boycotts of Moscow and Los Angeles, to the egos that nearly wrecked Atlanta and corrupted Salt Lake City, to the torturous triumphs of Sydney and Athens, with the exciting prospect of the new China in Bejing 2008 ahead, Olympic Turnaround is a fascinating read. This is the inside story of the spectacular road back from the brink." -- John Bertrand, America's Cup Winner "This is the inside story from and insider. Michael Payne captures the politics, intrigue and tension of sports business at the very highest level and delivers in a style enriched by personal observations and anecdotes which take the reader right into the boardroom." -- Kevin Roberts, Editorial Director, Sport Business "Olympic Turnaround is pure Olympic Gold. Michael Payne's [account] gives a thrilling insight into the strategic, leadership, branding and marketing triumphs of the Olympic Movement over the last 25 years." -- Sir Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist
Foreword by Sir Martin Sorrell Preface Olympic Winter and Summer Games Rings Side Seat Scorpion Wars Shock and Awe The Shoemaker's Vision Beyond a Brand Beating the Ambushers Operation Perfect Hosts Making IT Happen To the Brink and Back Coming Home The Future of the Rings Appendix: The Rings and the Small Screen Index
Michael Payne is Special Advisor to Bernie Ecclestone, Chairman and CEO of Formula One Management. He has spent the past 25 years as a senior executive in the sports marketing industry. In 1983 he was hired to create the first ever global marketing strategy for the Olympic Games, and subsequently served as the first marketing director of the International Olympic Committee (overseeing marketing of fifteen Summer and Winter Games), and director of Olympic global broadcast and media rights. Nominated by Advertising Age as one of the world's most influential marketers, he is frequently featured and quoted as an authority on issues related to the Olympics, sports management, and marketing.
Though the Olympic movement grew confidently after its revival by
Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896, by the 1970s, Payne writes,
decay had set in. With terrorist killings at the 1972 Munich Games,
huge cost overruns at the 1976 Montreal Games, and successive
boycotts at the Montreal, Moscow, and Los Angeles events, many
believed that the Olympic movement would soon end. Payne describes
how the International Olympic Committee reinvented itself in the
1980s under the leadership of Juan Antonio Samaranch, and how the
Olympic Games became the world's best-known brand, attracting
billions in advertising and broadcast revenues. He should know. In
1983, he was hired to develop a marketing strategy for the IOC and
he served as its marketing director over the course of 15 Olympic
Games. This narrative is exceptionally well written, detailed yet
clear, well referenced but not cluttered, firsthand but not
self-serving. An easy, enjoyable, and often exciting read, it will
fascinate anyone interested in the business of communication and
advertising and of course anyone who has ever been intrigued by the
Olympic Games themselves. Essential. All readers; all levels.
*Choice*
For this interested in the business of the Olympic Games….Michael
Payne's book is must reading. The book is in effect a kind of
business school case study, albeit a glamorous one, providing
intriguing lessons on big stakes negotiations, corporate espionage
and a glimpse into the backroom doings of prominent people.
*United States Curling News*
This is the business story of the world's most valuable franchise
and the largest event the world: the Olympic Games. Payne served as
the International Olympic Committee's top marketer for over twenty
years. He here gives readers access to the people, the negotiations
and the machinations behind the turnaround of the Olympic
franchise, from its nadir in the early 1980s when it was
financially, politically, and culturally bankrupt, to its present
place of prestige. The stories--many previously untold--of this
organizational renewal come from the pit where business, sports,
politics and media meet.
*Reference & Research Book News*
Chock-full of backstage Olympic lore, this is the book to read if
you'd like a business angle on the decisions of the International
Olympic Committee. The source is not entirely objective. Author
Michael Payne was the Olympics first marketing director and held
high-level posts for twenty years but its a compelling read
nonetheless, spiced up with a fine selection of black and white
photos….[a] unique perspective on the most famous recurring
spectacle in the world.
*Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge*
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