What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business 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 blueprint-like framework for succ
| TITLE | : | What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business |
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| RATING | : | 4.63 (439 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 007146252X |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 250 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2005-10-10 |
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A 2002 Library Journal Best Business Book of the YearThe bestselling book that teaches you leadership lessons from top captains of industryWhat 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 blueprint-like framework for success.“Helps you apply the lessons gleaned from these masters.” Forbes
EDITORIAL :
From Publishers Weekly In his opening remarks, Krames identifies the "celebrity CEO." This person is the company leader who's "idealized, even idolized," whose image graces magazine and book covers, and who is often asked to weigh in on the issues of the day. Celebrity CEOs ran wild in the 1990s and early 2000s. Alas, says Krames, v-p and publisher of McGraw-Hill's business books division, the celebrity CEO's era has ended. But some champion CEOs of that time do have wisdom to impart, and in this thorough and thoughtful examination of successful leadership strategies, Krames dissects the ideas of some of the biggest names that have graced business headlines in the past 10 or so years. The list is impressive: Michael Dell (Dell Computer), Jack Welch (GE), Lou Gerstner (IBM), Andy Grove (Intel), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines) and Sam Walton (Wal-Mart). Although
REVIEW :
Important new wrinkles on tx. The important, canonical, expected houses are here, (Farnsworth, Villa Savoye, Fallingwater, Aalto, Kahn, Gropius, Eames are represented), but there are many pleasant and welcome surprises, like the Wittgenstein house and the rotating Villa Girasole. Of course, he could have selected a different sevenor perhaps add several others to those he did. He hit over .380 four times. She should have revealed this target in the first paragraph of the book. If I could get my money back I would.. This is read for anyone who has read everything they can get their hands on about this case. But once I got the hang of it, I put the 2nd one together in 20 minutes!!! The trick is to cut all the fruit first and then arrange it!
GREAT BOOK WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS AND DIRECTIONS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRUIT ARRANGEMENTS. I woke several times during that first night, which
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