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Where do great leaders come from? Not education or pedigree. Baum takes us inside the CEO during the very personal shapi...
Where do great leaders come from? Not education or pedigree. Baum takes us inside the CEO during the very personal shaping experiences and development of the strengths that made them extraordinary leaders. This book gives hope and practical advice for personal growth for anyone aspiring to greater lengths of responsibility. These are lessons for life about the core of leadership traits of character, risk taking, decisiveness, and the ability to engage and inspire followers. Author: Stephen H. Baum ISBN: 9780307337207
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Drawing on a data-base of over 17,000 leaders, as well as thousands of hours of interviews with CEO candidates, business...
Drawing on a data-base of over 17,000 leaders, as well as thousands of hours of interviews with CEO candidates, business consultants Elena Botelho and Kim Powell overturn the myths about what it takes to achieve the corner office, and reveal the common attributes and hidden insights to success that have helped over 6 million CEOs land their jobs --and what we can apply to our own careers. Everything we thought we knew about what it takes to get to the top is wrong. You must graduate from an elite college or business school. In fact, only 7% of the CEOs of today's companies went to a top school -- and 8% didn't graduate college at all. Given how cuthroat the competition to get to the corner office, you can never suffer a career detour or make a major mistake. In fact, on average, people who have become CEO's have had five to seven career setbacks on their way to the top. When most of us think of a CEO, we tend to think of companies in the Fortune 100, or 500, or if we're being particularly generous, the Fortune 1000. In fact, however, there are over 6 million CEO's of companies in America today with under 500 employees. And the overwhelming majority of those CEO's did not go to Harvard, attend Wharton or Stanford Business School, or the University of Chicago. Some are immigrants; many worked their way up through the ranks from entry-level positions. They DO however, share certain attributes, as Botelho and Powell have discoverd over the years from their work with CEOs and by mining their company's research and data banks. The people who become CEO's are decisive -- they may not always make the best decision, but they make the best decision they can based on the information they have at the time; they are reliable -- they deliver exactly what they promised to deliver, on time, without exception. Author: Elena L. Botelho,Kim R. Powell, Tahl RaZ ISBN:9780753552193
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Too many companies are managed not by leaders but by mere role players and faceless bureaucrats. What would it take to r...
Too many companies are managed not by leaders but by mere role players and faceless bureaucrats. What would it take to replace these empty suits with real leaders—men and women who are confident in who they are and what they stand for and who truly inspire people to achieve extraordinary results? Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue that leaders don’t become great by aspiring to a list of universal character traits. Rather, effective leaders are authentic: they deploy individual strengths to engage followers’ hearts, minds, and souls. Authentic leaders are skillful at consistently being themselves, even as they alter their behavior to respond effectively to changing contexts. In short, the authors present a powerful case: that it takes “being yourself, in context, with skill” to be a successful, authentic leader—and they show you how to do exactly that. In this lively and practical book, Goffee and Jones draw from extensive research to reveal how to hone and deploy your unique leadership assets while managing the inherent tensions at the heart of successful leadership: when to show emotion and when to withhold it, how to get close to followers while maintaining an appropriate role distance, and maintaining your individuality while “conforming enough” to gain traction and lead change. Underscoring the inherently social nature of leadership, the book also explores how leaders can stay attuned to the needs and expectations of followers. Author: Rob Gofee & Gareth Jones ISBN: 9781633691087
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Frank Furness is recognised as one of the world's top motivators, speakers and trainers, helping salespeople, marketers,...
Frank Furness is recognised as one of the world's top motivators, speakers and trainers, helping salespeople, marketers, managers and executives at companies in over 40 countries. In Walking with Tigers, Furness shares valuable lessons he has learned from his decade of observing and working with leaders in large and small businesses, and offers unique insights into what it takes to succeed, both in business and in life. Collecting stories from achievers of all levels and from all over the world, Walking with Tigers explores the key characteristics associated with top performance. Issues of persistence, integrity, confidence, focus, discipline, organisation and more are illuminated through Frank's own experience, as well as tales from those he has worked with. His book will help you plan your own road to success - and, more importantly, achieve dramatic results. Improved sales, higher productivity, bigger profits, a greater sense of fulfilment - Walking with Tigers will show you how all of it is within your grasp. Author: Frank Furness ISBN:9780749941178
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