Download or read book CEO Excellence written by Carolyn Dewar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on extensive interviews with today's . . . corporate leaders, this look at how the best CEOs do their jobs focuses on the mindsets and actions that foster an environment of excellence"--

Download or read book From the CEO s Perspective Leadership in Their Own Words written by Teri Citterman and published by Aviva Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 60% of U.S. companies face a leadership talent shortage. As we face fast-changing technology, global competition and a multi-generational workforce, that shortage has frightening implications for today's organizations and America's future. Driven by her own passion for leadership, Teri Citterman was inspired to ask 20 top CEOs what they are doing to develop leaders in this unprecedented time. These leaders share their own stories and inspirations, identify the must-have leadership traits (and derailers) for the future and offer provocative and unconventional advice. As you read about leadership in their words, you'll be challenged to define your views on leadership and to take action. Learn from the best and you can't help but be a more thoughtful, deliberate and effective leader. Includes CEO's perspectives from: Alaska Airlines Apptio Ben Bridge Jewelers Columbia Hospitality Gravity Payments GreenRubino International Community Health Services JP Morgan Chase Maveron NBC - KING 5 Oki Golf Project Bionic Seattle Foundation Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Seattle University Special Olympics of Washington Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Tom Douglas Restaurants University of Washington Medicine Xtreme Consulting "Ever wish you could take a peek into the brains of some of today's top business leaders to find out what they really think and what distinguishes them from their peers? You've come to the right place. Surprising, insightful and powerful don't even begin to capture what Teri has assembled here." Bob Rosner, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Boss's Survival Guide, Seattle, Washington "In a sea of too many leadership books, there are three reasons to read From the CEO's Perspective. First, author Teri Citterman is a phenomenal writer, and brings punch to the topic of leadership. Second, Teri lets a group of fantastic CEOs tell you their stories, so that you get direct insights from those who have been there and done that. Third, Teri brings her own unique experiences to the table, so that you get the additional perspective of a great writer, coach, and someone who is passionate about how we create more leaders in a world that needs them. I guarantee you that you will find at least one nugget of wisdom in this book that more than justifies your investment in reading it." Andrew Neitlich, Founder and Director, Center for Executive Coaching, Sarasota, Florida

Download or read book What the CEO Wants You to Know written by Ram Charan and published by Crown. This book was released on 2001 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful lesson in what is really important in business, this remarkable book by an ultimate insider takes the lessons of the peddler and reveals how they can be used by the rest of us. Reminiscent of bestsellers such as "Who Moved My Cheese?" and" The One-Minute Manager, What the CEO Wants You to Know" is simple, direct, and of immense use to everyone in business.

Download or read book The CEO Who Sees Around Corners written by Jay Abraham and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The CEO Next Door written by Elena Botelho and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of CMI Management Book of the Year 2019 New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller Everything you thought you knew about becoming a CEO is wrong. You must graduate from an elite college or business school. In fact, only 7 percent of the CEOs of today's companies went to a top school--and 8 percent didn't graduate from college at all. Never put a foot wrong. In fact, people who have become CEOs have on average had five to seven career setbacks on their way to the top. Drawing on the biggest dataset of CEOs in the world -- in-depth analysis of 2,600 leaders, drawn from a database of 17,000 CEOs, as well as 13,000 hours of interviews -- The CEO Next Door is crammed full of myth-busting and counter-intuitive insights in what it really takes to get ahead. Discover the way actual CEOs of top companies think and behave, and the kind of traits to develop if you want to make your ambitions a reality and take your career right to the top.

Download or read book The CEO s Boss written by William M. Klepper and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CEO’s Boss, originally published in 2010, is the definitive guide to a productive working relationship between corporate boards and CEOs. Speaking to an era when company directors must monitor the actions and day-to-day operations of their CEO, William M. Klepper offers eight essential lessons to help boards operate more effectively in this bold and independent role. Since the publication of the first edition, Klepper has continued to develop and apply its lessons for a variety of businesses and settings. In this second edition, Klepper renews the paradigm set forth in the first, with new case studies of companies such as Wells Fargo, BP, Hewlett-Packard, and Proctor & Gamble. Giving directors, executives, investors, and stakeholders the tools to make crucial relationships work, Klepper details the best techniques for selecting the right CEO, establishing a working relationship, and giving effective feedback. He affirms the importance of the social contract between directors and their CEOs, encourages directors to embrace their independence, and teaches executives to value tough love. He revisits the first edition’s case studies and derives new insights from how these companies followed—or failed to heed—the book’s precepts. He also takes a close look at the predictions he made almost ten years ago, providing new forecasts and integrating core knowledge to ensure that The CEO’s Boss remains essential in our ever-changing business landscape.

Download or read book The Mind Of The CEO written by Jeffrey E Garten and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mind of the CEO offers unprecedented access to the most dynamic business leaders of our time. Reading this book is like being at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- not at the formal presentations but in the hotel bar afterward, where the microphones are turned off and world-famous business leaders say what they really think. Better still, their confidant, Jeffrey Garten, interprets what they say, telling you how their views relate to each other and the world economy, and noting the many important things left unsaid. A revealing glimpse into the future of business, The Mind of the CEO captures as no other book before it what is in the minds of top business leaders and what it means for all of us.

Download or read book The CEO Test written by Adam Bryant and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to the longlist for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award in the Leadership category Are you ready to lead? Will you pass the test? Despite all the effort through the years to understand what it takes to be an effective leader, the challenges of leadership remain enormously difficult and elusive; even today, most CEOs don't last five years in the job. The demands to deliver at a consistently high level can be unforgiving. The loneliness. The weight of responsibility. The relentless second-guessing and criticism. The pressure to build all-star teams. The 24/7 schedule that requires superhuman stamina. The tough decisions that often leave no one happy. The expectation to always have the right answer when it can be hard just to know the right question. These challenges are brought into their highest and sharpest relief in the corner office, but they are hardly unique to chief executives. All leaders face their own version of these tests, and the authors draw on the distilled wisdom, stories, and lessons from hundreds of chief executives to show how every aspiring leader can master these challenges and lead like a CEO. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The CEO Test is the authoritative, no-nonsense insider's guide to navigating leadership's toughest challenges, brought to you by authors uniquely qualified to tell the stories. Adam Bryant has conducted in-depth interviews with more than 600 CEOs. Kevin Sharer spent more than two decades as president and then CEO of Amgen, where he led its expansion from $1 billion in annual revenues to nearly $16 billion. He has served on many boards and is a sought-after mentor for CEOs of global companies. Leadership is getting harder as the speed of disruption across all industries accelerates. The CEO Test will better prepare you to succeed, whether you're a CEO or just setting out to become one.

Download or read book The CEO s Time Machine written by Geoff Thatcher and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The CEO written by Victoria Purman and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CEO Callum Malone has it all: power, Italian suits, a house on one of Sydney’s stunning beaches and a new life without a woman in it. Just the way he likes it, ever since his nasty divorce. Landscaper Ava Gibson is in no position to turn down a job, even if it is for her despised ex-brother-in-law. But when resentment gives way to underlying attraction, Ava is finally forced to confront her truth… she’s falling for him. Will Ava be able to keep her growing desire in check? Because the irresistible Cal doesn’t want her to…

Download or read book The Board and the CEO written by Peter Greer and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good relationships lie at the heart of every successful organization. Yet no relationship is more important-or more challenging-to navigate than the one between the board and the CEO.In this practical and concise book, Peter Greer and David Weekley draw from their years of experience to equip board members and organizational leaders to enter into an impactful, life-giving partnership.With this pivotal relationship in place, individuals and the organizations they serve can truly flourish.

Download or read book How to Run a Company written by Dennis Carey and published by Crown Business. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LESSONS FOR EVERYONE IN BUSINESS FROM AN ALL-STAR TEAM Every six months Dennis C. Carey and Marie-Caroline von Weichs run the CEO Academy, an immersion course for newly appointed CEOs of the world’s leading companies—what Business Week called a “boot camp” for the next class of top executives. Those attending get a priceless range of unvarnished advice and invaluable lessons from an all-star team of veteran CEOs about how to get the results they were hired to achieve. What participants pay $10,000 to hear is now contained in this book, the insights and secrets of some of the most influential business leaders of our time. Here is advice from high-caliber businesspeople such as Larry Bossidy, the recently retired CEO of Honeywell International; Ray Gilmartin, the CEO of Merck; John Smale, the former chairman of General Motors and retired chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble; and John Dasburg, who has run Northwest Airlines, Burger King, and now DHL Airways. Successful CEOs aren’t the only attraction. How to Run a Company also presents America’s leading business observers and watchdogs: Nell Minow, the shareholder rights activist; Ira Millstein, the legendary attorney and power broker; Matthew Bishop, business editor of The Economist; and Joseph Badaracco, Harvard Business School’s top professor of ethics. The combined team offers original and revealing observations on how business leaders at the top of the corporate world tackle pressing challenges, such as: • How an industrial goliath like DuPont dramatically shifted its business focus • How The Home Depot changed from fast-growing, free-wheeling adolescence to the management discipline that will help it mature and continue to expand • What Michael Armstrong, who oversaw the transformation of Hughes Electronics and AT&T, advises to companies whose core business begins to disappear • How the CEO of Tyco moved quickly during his first 100 days to build a new senior management team and began to restore trust in a company battered by scandal and bad publicity • The role of the board of directors and how corporate governance should be reformed • What strategies Jack Welch’s investor relations team at GE used to constantly probe who was buying the stock, who wasn’t, and why How to Run a Company is not just for CEOs, but anyone interested in the critical make-or-break factors in today’s ever-challenging business environment. As the demands and expectations in business become ever greater and the competition tougher, here in one volume is the accumulated wisdom and experience of people who have been in the trenches during a remarkable time. How to Run a Company is the success manual for the twenty-first century. From the Hardcover edition.

Download or read book The Social CEO written by Damian Corbet and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There remains a huge gulf in understanding by many leaders of what some are calling the Social Age – huge changes going on in society, enabling anyone with a smartphone to sign up to a social network and comment on anything and everything. Despite this revolution, which has been embraced by the masses, it is the people at the top of organizations who have been slowest to understand and adapt to it. While business leaders may feel that it's enough to hire social media managers and amend their marketing strategies, Damian Corbet shows why organizations need to do more to succeed in the Social Age – why CEOs need to 'get social' to survive. The Social CEO sets out to educate and inspire senior leaders to embrace the Social Age, teaching them the hows and whys of utilising social media in order to make them stronger leaders. Social CEOs can effectively encourage engagement from their employees as well as other stakeholders and customers; they're better able to communicate their organization's objectives and values, gauge the climate in which they operate and improve their brand image. Offering invaluable contributions from industry-recognised experts in social business, The Social CEO explores the many aspects of leading in the Social Age, such as storytelling, personal branding, managing risk and public relations. With chapters also written by practising 'social CEOs' working across a variety of sectors, from healthcare to sport, the book provides a wealth of insight into how social media can be used to gain a competitive advantage.

Download or read book How to Think Like a CEO written by D. A. Benton and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on in-depth interviews with hundreds of the nation's top executives, D. A. Benton explains the 22 vital traits that make a CEO - the leader responsible for making decisions, guiding teams, selling ideas, managing crises, and conquering the mountains before them. You'll penetrate the mystery of why some people make it to the top and some don't, when they're all equally good at their jobs. You'll learn how to avoid getting fired and how to get promoted more quickly, how to enjoy the quality of life you want and deserve, and - if you decide you want to be the Big Boss - how to have the right character traits to get there. These are some of the traits that make a CEO. Are you ready to make them yours? You're gutsy and a little wild - yet modest and in control. You're competitive and tenacious - yet flexible and generous. You're willing to admit mistakes - yet unapologetic. You're secure in yourself - yet constantly improving. You're original and straightforward - yet think before you talk. Make your ascent not only gratifying, but also exhilarating and fun. This is how chiefs run the show - and how you can act like a chief to become a chief, even sooner than you dreamed.

Download or read book The CEO Activist written by Leila McKenzie-Delis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the 10 key factors that will impact the success or failure of your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts In The CEO Activist: Putting the ‘S’ in ESG, renowned diversity, inclusion, belonging, equity and culture expert Leila McKenzie-Delis delivers an inspirational and exciting guide to making your workplace—and your world—a more inclusive, diverse, accepting, and productive place. In the book, you’ll explore the 10 factors that impact visible and invisible diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, mental health, parenthood, nationality, religion, and socio-economic status. The author walks you through the ‘S’ of Social Impact in ESG (Social Impact within Environmental, Social and Governance) and what you need to do as a self-aware, proactive, and present member of society to ensure you have your own, innate sense of self, and the ability to step into your power and claim your space with the utmost confidence. You’ll also discover: Why teams with the broadest levels of diversity tend to create the most widely relevant products and solutions for the buying public Strategies you need to follow to fortify your sense of self, step into your power, and claim your space with confidence Ways to make our schools, workplaces, and other environments more accepting, inclusive, and diverse so people from a wide range of backgrounds can thrive The CEO Activist will prove to be a hands-on and exciting book for human resources professionals, talent recruiters, and people professionals of all kinds.

Download or read book The Four Dilemmas of the CEO written by Tom Biesinger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Momentum is your greatest ally – with it you can do anything, without it you will stall. As CEO you hate surprises, especially the kind that undermines momentum - yours or the organization you lead. Every CEO's journey is unique. However, there exists a very predictable, but previously unknown pattern: the CEO life cycle. The Four Dilemmas of the CEO outlines the common challenges that every CEO will face during their tenure, irrespective of geography or industry. Once understood, action can be taken to break through these glass ceilings that cause CEOs to get stuck in the business, while their mandate for working on the business is continually diverted. Framed within the life cycle of a CEO, the Four Dilemmas are: 1. You're in charge of everything, but cannot completely trust anything. 2. You know that today's executive cannot deliver tomorrow's results. 3. How do you engage the full capability of your executive on the business when their reputations were earned working in the business? 4. At what point does the price of remaining personally relevant outweigh your other options? In the first book to focus on the life cycle of a CEO, the authors draw on decades of international experience, both as former CEOs and trusted advisers, to show every executive how to recognize and anticipate the individual dilemmas, master them, and accelerate through them.

Download or read book The Brand Driven CEO written by David Kincaid and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brand-Driven CEO demonstrates how senior leadership can use their brand to align and guide the behaviors, decisions, and operations of their entire organization in order to drive value. David Kincaid delivers practical assessments and game plans for senior executives and managers across functional areas, clarifying the confusion between brand and marketing management. He introduces the "New 4Ps" of brand management: People, Process, Intellectual Property, and Partnerships. This paradigm shift equips business leaders with a new approach to managing growth, profitability, risk, and sustainable value. Using real-life, current case studies from today’s fastest growing and most valuable brands – including Starbucks, Apple, and BMW – this book reveals the critical importance of managing big businesses as integrated business systems. The Brand-Driven CEO includes criteria to conduct your own brand self-assessment and a stepby-step roadmap that can be applied to help transform your brand and its management.