What the Best CEOs Know : 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming any Business

Frank Roney, Pamela Mcnamara, Chuck Lucier, Dietmar Ostermann, Luther J. Nussbaum, Bradley M. Smith, Thomas J. Silveri, David Frigstad, John C. Mcauliffe, Aspatore Books Staff, Randolph C. Blazer

Inside the Minds: Leading Consultants is the most authoritative book ever assembled on consulting, written by an unprecedented collection of the top consulting executives in the world including CEOs/Chairmen/Managing Partner level executives from IBM, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, KPMG Consulting, A.T. Kearney, Arthur D. Little, First Consulting Group, General Physics, Drake Beam Morin, Frost & Sullivan and Milliman USA. These industry visionaries share their knowledge on over delivering for clients, being an effective team player, the everlasting effects of the Internet and technology, compensation, managing client relationships, motivating others, balancing personal and professional lives, the future of the consulting industry and other important topics. An unprecedented look inside the world of the consulting industry makes for exciting and highly interesting reading for every level consultant, individuals interested in learning the tools consultants use to assess business issues, and anyone interested in the future of consulting and how they can take advantage of the opportunities on a personal or professional level. Praise for Inside the Minds: ''What C-Level executives read to keep their edge and make pivotal business decisions. Timeless classics for indispensable knowledge.'' - Richard Costello, Manager-Corporate Marketing Communication, General Electric (NYSE: GE) ''True insight from the doers in the industry, as opposed to the critics on the sideline.'' -... Leer más…

Robert B. Catell, Kenny Moore, Glenn Rifkin

Книга The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and Purpose The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and PurposeКниги Менеджмент Автор: Robert B. Catell, Kenny Moore, Glenn Rifkin Год издания: 2004 Формат: pdf Издат.:Wiley Страниц: 256 Размер: 1,2 ISBN: 0471450111 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:In a business era in which executives are taken away in handcuffs and corporate malfeasance and scandal dominates the business headlines, there is tremendous value in the stories of ethical companies and spiritual business leaders. The CEO and the Monk is one such compelling story, the story of KeySpan, the nations fifth largest energy giant and a profitable, Fortune 500 company, and the two KeySpan executives–one a former monk–whose unique working relationship is based on something as simple and powerful as "doing the right thing." This isnt yet another prescriptive business guide written by breathless consultants. It is a story about a real business and how two unusual and dedicated humanists can keep their eyes on profits and ethics at the same time. Leer más…

Bates, Suzanne

An award-winning news anchor presents methods for better communication in any business environment During her 20 years in broadcasting, award-winning news anchor Suzanne Bates conducted more than 10,000 interviews, during which she witnessed business leaders, politicians, and celebrities at their best and worst. Now a top CEO communication coach, Bates is renowned for her uncanny ability to transform even the shyest oratorical mouse into a public-speaking lion. In Speak Like a CEO , Bates: Reveals the secrets for communicating in any situation Describes simple techniques for acing speeches, presentations, media interviews, Q&A sessions, business meetings, and more Outlines self-improvement plans that can easily be customized to your needs Shares secrets from top leaders, including Mario Cuomo's technique for overcoming stage fright and Colin Powell's secret for projecting authenticity Leer más…

Jeffrey A. Krames, Jeffery A. Krames, Jack Welch

"Jack Welch is the most admired, copied, and studied CEO of the 20th century. His visionary initiatives and concepts - and adaptive management strategies - earned him the title of the most effective CEO in history. This alphabetically arranged, encyclopedic reference, The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership, provides an in-depth look at the methods that Welch used to turn GE into the world's most valuable corporation.""By adding speed, simplifying the complex, and cutting straight to the heart of the matter, Jack Welch was able to find workable solutions for virtually every challenge. The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership follows Welch's example. It defines and organizes the terms and programs that Welch used to rewrite the language of leadership, then creates a roadmap you can use to create Welch magic of your own - regardless of your organization's industry or competitive position"--Jacket. Read more... Abstract: "Jack Welch is the most admired, copied, and studied CEO of the 20th century. His visionary initiatives and concepts - and adaptive management strategies - earned him the title of the most effective CEO in history. This alphabetically arranged, encyclopedic reference, The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership, provides an in-depth look at the methods that Welch used to turn GE into the world's most valuable corporation." "By adding speed, simplifying the complex, and cutting straight to the heart of the matter, Jack Welch was able to find workable solutions for... Leer más…

Benton, D. A.;benton, Debra A

A guide on what it takes to act like, and become, a CEO. Drawing on her own experiences and interviews with 100 CEOs, the author identifies 11 rules ambitious managers need to follow and shows how successful CEOs apply those rules everyday and what happens when they break them. Leer más…

Eric Yaverbaum; Ebrary, Inc

From Publishers Weekly "[N]o one leader has all the answers," admits Yaverbaum, public relations expert and author of I'll Get Back to You and Public Relations for Dummies, but he bets that "if you combine the most brilliant ones, you'd have everything you need to lead your organization to success." Based on the now widely accepted theory that good leaders are not born but forged through experience, his latest book collects the leadership secrets of America's top executives through first-person interviews. Each edited interview is straightforward and brief, yet dives to the heart of what business strategies, philosophies and attitudes have worked best for these chiefs. Anecdotes and advice support such sage sound bites as "If you treat your employees well, they will take care of your customers and your business," by AFLAC CEO Daniel P. Amos. For example, by valuing employees' ideas, providing day-care facilities for working parents and financial incentives like profit sharing, Amos says, AFLAC has improved productivity and customer care. Meanwhile, Sy Sternberg, chairman and CEO of New York Life, warns to keep strategic thinking "in house": consultants may help test and focus innovative ideas, "but you can't let those tools serve as a proxy for leadership." The book does not attempt to hold readers' hands in a step-by-step guide to implementing this advice. However, with a potential leadership crisis at hand, brought home by the scourge of recent corporate scandals,... Leer más…

By C. Ray Johnson

This book starts with the foundations of business success: the development of a business philosophy that works for you, and the strategic application of that philosophy in all areas of your endeavor. Leer más…

Steven M. Bragg(Auth.)

**The ultimate instruction manual for every new CEO**__The New CEO Corporate Leadership Manual__ is essential reading for every CEO needing a blueprint for the role of CEO, including an overview of organizational structure, corporate strategy, management systems and finance. Along with considerable information about the financial systems needed for a modern corporation, with particular emphasis on funds management, going public, and dealing with investors, this important book explains how to select acquisition targets, price them appropriately, and successfully integrate them, as well as how to turn around a failing enterprise. * Gives new CEOs a hard, quantitative view of the systems and techniques needed to run a company * Discusses the CEO's place in the corporation * Explores information technology strategy, tax strategy, outsourcing strategy and more Filled with pragmatic insights, proactive strategies, and best practices, __The New CEO Corporate Leadership Manual__ is destined to become the desktop companion you employ to be successful in your new position.Content: Chapter 1 New CEO Activities (pages 1–15): Chapter 2 General Corporate Strategy (pages 17–38): Chapter 3 Financial Strategy (pages 39–63): Chapter 4 Tax Strategy (pages 65–76): Chapter 5 Information Technology Strategy (pages 77–85): Chapter 6 Outsourcing Strategy (pages 87–97): Chapter 7 Budgeting Process (pages 99–129): Chapter 8 Capital Budgeting (pages 131–145): Chapter 9 Risk Management: General... Leer más…

Verne Harnish, Editors Of Fortune Magazine, Jim Collins

Decisions equal success-nothing happens until one is made. Businesses make millions of decisions every day. But once in a great while a leader makes a truly game-changing decision that shifts not only the strategy of a single company but how everyone does business. These big decisions are counterintuitive-they go against the conventional wisdom. In hindsight, taking a different direction may seem easy, but these bet-the-company moves involve drama, doubt, and high tension. What made Apple's board bring back Steve Jobs to the company? How did Johnson & Johnson decide to recall every bottle of Tylenol after a poisoning scare that involved only a small batch of the drug? What made Henry Ford decide to double the wages of his autoworkers, and how did that change the American economy for the next century? Here management consultant Verne Harnish, the CEO of Gazelles, and __Fortune__'s editors provide the background stories behind the greatest business decisions of all time. In this fully original book, you'll get a glimpse into the thought processes leading up to these groundbreaking moments and will learn how the decisions have shaped the thinking of today's top leaders. The book also contains an insightful foreword by management guru **Jim Collins**, the author of __Built To Last__ and __Good To Great__, which explains the importance of decision making in creating a successful company. **ADVANCED PRAISE FOR FORTUNE Greatest Business Decisions**"CEOs make thousands of... Leer más…

Weaver, Tracy

Learn How to Add 2 to 4 Hours of Productive Time to Your Day, Every Day! What could you do with up to 4 more hours in a day to do what you need to get done? You’re about to discover how to save time and be more productive in your day, which leads to more time in your life. Does this sound familiar? I used to wake up and immediately get to the office as fast as I could so I could get a jump on my to do items. Maybe I would grab some drive thru on the way, just to save more time. I would stay late and finish answering all of the emails and voicemails I had piled up. I never took any classes in the things I was interested in, I never read any books, I never went to lunch with my friends...all because I just didn’t have the time. However, I would look around and see people I knew coming in at a normal time, going to lunch, getting the promotions and making more money than me (easily looked up on sites like glassdoor.com). I had my brand new Franklin planner so why wasn’t I keeping up with them? I finally got fed up with it all and got back to basics. Plain ole paper and pen were my best friends while I took some real time to research the best time management tools and methodologies. Over time and constant trial and error I finally figured out a system that works and felt like it was my duty to share it with others. Do these methods work? In the last year, I have gone from a back room worker to my boss’ most trusted employee where we discuss the current business and... Leer más…

Ram Charan

**From the bestselling author of __What the CEO Wants You to Know__?how to rethink sales from the outside in** ?We have to face the truth: __the process of selling is broken__. Customers have more choices and are under intense pressure. Yet few companies are facing this reality. When they don?t, a lingering malaise sets in.? More than ever these days, the sales process tends to be a war about price?a frustrating, unpleasant war that takes all the fun out of selling. But there?s a better way to think about sales, says bestselling author Ram Charan, who is famous for clarifying and simplifying difficult business problems. What the customer wants you to know is how his or her business works, so you can help make it work better. It sounds simple, but there?s a catch: you won?t be able to do that with your traditional sales approach. Instead of starting with your product or service, start with your customer?s problems. Focus on becoming your customer?s trusted partner, someone he can turn to for creative, cost-effective solutions that are based on your deep knowledge of his values, goals, problems, and customers. This book defines a new approach to selling?which Charan calls value creation selling?that while radical is nonetheless practical. VCS has been battle-tested in companies in a variety of industries, such as Unifi, Mead-Westvaco, and Thomson Financial. It will enable you to: ? Gain a deeper knowledge of your customer?s problems ? Understand how your customer?s company... Leer más…

Dan Shapiro

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?When do you play the Ceo card?Should you sell out? Author and four-time founder/Ceo Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read takes aspiring entrepreneurs from the highs of billion-dollar payouts and market-smashing success to the depths of impostor syndrome and bankruptcy. Hot Seat is divided into the five phases of the startup Ceo experience:* **Founding** explains how to formulate your idea, allocate equity, and not argue yourself to death * **Funding** provides the keys to venture capital, angels, and crowdfunding, plus clear advice on which approach to choose * **Leadership** lays out a path to build a strategy and culture for your team that will survive good times and bad * **Management** reveals how to manage your board, argue with your team, and play the Ceo card * **Endgame** explains how to finish a company's existence with grace, wealth, and minimal litigation Leer más…

Dan Norris, Rob Walling

From generating ideas to gaining your first paying customers, The 7 Day Startup is the bootstrapper’s bible for launching your next product. In The 7 Day Startup, Dan Norris, author and founder of wpcurve.com, shows us exactly how he built a cashflowing small business startup from scratch in 7 days (and has since grown it to over $400,000 in annual recurring revenue in a few short years). What you'll learn in The 7 Day Startup - Why validation isn’t the answer - How to evaluate your small business startup idea - How to choose a business name, fast - How to build a website in 1 day for under $100 - 10 proven ways to market a business quickly And much, much more... Who this book is for - Small Business Founders - Entrepreneurs (and Wantrepreneurs) - Freelancers and Agencies - Bootstrappers Additional resources included in The 7 Day Startup to help you build your startup - Idea evaluation spreadsheet - Business name checklist - Growth tracking spreadsheet - Marketing idea checklist for your small business startup - List of over 100 startup and new business resources Leer más…

By Beverly E. Jones; Foreword By Kerry Hannon

Foreword by Kerry Hannon Education plus experience once guaranteed a successful career, but no more! Today, success depends on your ability to adapt. You must be agile, willing to adjust your professional expectations, and able to respond quickly to opportunities and threats. In __Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a Ceo__ you will learn practical ways to handle vexing workplace challenges. Each chapter uses true stories to illustrate the answers to common questions, including: \* How to leave your old job smoothly and start your new one with confidence and flair. \* How to gracefully accept praise for your work. \* How to recover from stress, setbacks, or the upheaval of a major project. \* How to stay steady in the midst of endless change. It's not enough to know how to manage common work-life challenges; you must also deal with the uncommon ones. __Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a Ceo__ gives you proven, easy, go-to techniques for handling even the biggest career surprises, one step at a time. Leer más…

Peter Vanham

**Have you always known what you wanted to be in life?** **What are some “watershed moments” that made you who you are?** **When did you get on track to become a successful CEO?** It started with three questions at Davos. The younger Peter Vanham looked to the answers from the elite leaders he asked to validate his own career choice, and the rich, private wisdom he received revealed more about building a career than he’d found anywhere else. He shares it all with you in __Before I Was CEO__. For everyone who lays awake at night wondering if they’re heading up or down the corporate ladder, this collection of personal stories from a remarkable group of the most accomplished men and women in business today proves everyone can put themselves in the C-suite by taking a variety of different paths—it’s all how you do it. Some found opportunity through adversity and others came by their big-break moments through serendipity. A group of them walked away from corporate life and lived in other ways and all of them made calculated moves to advance their careers. In their own words, read how it all unfolded, the tough decisions they wrestled, the risks and rewards they saw, and how it all came together. You don’t need a royal pedigree or Ivy League education to reach the top as long as you: • Value family, leave home, and make informed decisions based on your dreams • Take the first thirty-five years of your life to discover what you’re interested in and don’t rush to be a CEO •... Leer más…

Haroun, Chris

Overview: Forbes calls this book 1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs must read right now (along with Peter Thiel's book and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People). In this book you will learn how to get a meeting with anyone. You will learn how to take your career to the next level. You will learn how to reinvent yourself in ways that you never thought was possible! Chris Haroun has had the opportunity in his career to meet with the top CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors in the world, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Marc Benioff and the CEOs of most large technology companies. This book is an amalgamation of business advice that Chris has compiled from his many meetings with successful business people over the past two decades as well as observations of why brilliant entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg have become incredibly successful. Business schools do a good job of providing students with theoretical and practical frameworks that can be applicable to real world problems but often miss teaching students some of the most crucial business lessons like how to network, how to find customers or how to get a job! Leer más…