Author: Jeffrey Krames
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: transforming, business, lessons, leaders, exceptional, ceos
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0071382402
ISBN-13: 9780071382403
Leadership lessons from the best--Gates, Welch, Dell, Gerstner, Kelleher, Grove, and Walton. . What are the traits, tactics, and strategies of the business world’s most transformative leaders . . . and what can the rest of us learn from them? In What the Best CEOs Know, leadership authority Jeffrey Krames examines the careers of seven of history’s most accomplished CEOs--including in-depth interviews with Michael Dell, Lou Gerstner, and Herb Kelleher--to get candid answers to many of today’s most compelling business questions.. . The result is a blueprint-like framework t
Author: Jeffrey Krames
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: transforming, business, lessons, leaders, exceptional, ceos
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2005-09-19
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 007146252X
ISBN-13: 9780071462525
A 2002 Library Journal Best Business Book of the Year The bestselling book that teaches you leadership lessons from top captains of industry What the Best CEOs Know examines the careers of seven CEOs, world-renowned for their consistent and phenomenal success, and details the methodologies that propelled them to the top as industry leaders. Going beyond anecdotes and quotes to introduce proven methods to help you become a better leader, bestselling business author Jeffrey Krames uses cases, self-assessments, and concise summaries to provide a
Author: Todd G. Buchholz
Publisher: Collins Business
Keywords: lessons, corner, office, lasting, ceos, ideas, dead, new
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0061197629
ISBN-13: 9780061197628
New Ideas from Dead CEOs uncovers the secrets of success of great CEOs by giving readers an intimate look at their professional and personal lives. Why did Ray Kroc’s plan for McDonald’s thrive when many burger joints failed? And how, decades later, did Krispy Kreme fail to heed Kroc’s hard-won lessons? How did Walt Disney’s most dismal day as a young cartoonist radically change his career? When Estee Lauder was a child in Queens, New York, the average American spent $8 a year on toiletries. Why did she spot an opportunity in selling high-priced cosmetics, and why did
Authors:Suzy Wetlaufer, Steven Prokesch, Joan Magretta, Alice
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Keywords: ceos, interviews, review, business, harvard
Number of Pages: 261
Published: 2000-01-15
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1578513294
ISBN-13: 9781578513291
Leading Minds and Landmark Ideas In An Easily Accessible FormatFrom the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series delivers the fundamental information today’s professionals need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Prominent CEOs share, in their own words, their insights and thoughts on both cutting edge issues and timeless topics. Combined, these eight interviews create perhaps the most extensive and stimulating seminar on the latest business thi
Author: Daniel Quinn Mills
Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall
Keywords: ceos, ineffective, reforms, deceitful, accounting, steal, deceptive, wheel
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-04-11
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0131408046
ISBN-13: 9780131408043
Today’s global financial scandals are endemic, encompassing many of the world’s largest and most respected "blue chip" companies. Reform efforts have only scratched the surface. In this compelling and readable book, Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills shows investors exactly how the financial frauds work, where the money goes, why fraud continues, who’s to blame, and what can be done about it. Mills explains how imperial CEOs continue to mislead and steal from their investors -- and how the checks and balances intended to protect investors continue to fail. He de
Author: Robert A. G. Monks
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: greatest, wealth, machine, world, hijacked, ceos, business, roundtable, corpocracy
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-12-04
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0470145099
ISBN-13: 9780470145098
Shareholder control over large corporations is worryingly weak and the unrestrained hunt for profits is taking a toll on the environment and society. In Corpocracy, corporate lawyer, venture capitalist, and shareholder activist Robert Monks reveals how corporations abuse their power and what we the people must do to rein them in. In a clear and careful analysis, Monks outlines a plan for reconciling the competing interests of corporations and society through thoughtful shareholder activism.
Authors:Kimio Kase, Francisco J. Saez-martinez, Hernan Rique
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: success, japan, management, leadership, ceos, transformational
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2006-01
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 1845420462
ISBN-13: 9781845420468
Transformational CEOs questions why some Japanese firms succeeded in the 1990s despite an economy that failed - regardless of the burst of the ‘bubble’ economy, a number of Japanese companies have maintained or extended their international leadership in particular sectors. The authors argue that while some of the reasons for successes are plain common sense - operational effectiveness and superior CEO leadership - some are Japan-specific and point to a break with traditional leadership rationale. Presenting four in-depth case studies, the book shows that newly appointed foreign manager
