Based on interviews with 40 CEOs from around the world, including GE's Jack Welch, AOL's Steven Chase, BP Amoco's John Browne, and Nokia's Jorma Ollila, this book explores the thoughts of business leaders. Garten (Dean, School of Management, Yale U.) concludes that CEOs are not as powerful as many people think; that they know less than they think they do about international strategies; that the…
Orchestrated by the experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers, this important book taps the wisdom of the world's top CEOs to provide powerful insights into the eight key issues driving business today. Bringing together nearly thirty highly focused, original commentaries by leaders of major corporations in North America, Europe, and Asia, it provides managers with an unparalleled opportunity to hear, f…
Leaders today are grappling with complex choices, diverse customers and employees, and unprecedented uncertainty in the economic environment. Business models are becoming obsolete, cost and performance pressures are growing, regulatory requirements are changing, and trust in institutions is declining. Tackling these and other growing demands requires every leader to radically rethink what const…
How a business replaces its chief executive is a vital issue for the firm's future. Unless the transfer of power is managed effectively, the business may be thrown into turmoil--with profound implications not only for the CEO, but also for the other employees, the shareholders, and sometimes even the industry as a whole. Yet not enough is known about this crucial moment in the history of a comp…
Untuk menjadi CEO tidak cukup hanya berbekal pengetahuan, modal dan leadership. Seorang CEO harus pandai membaca peluang melalui kekuatan naluri yang kadang tidak bisa diperoleh di bangku sekolah atau kuliah. Ia harus mampu mencari celah agar produk atau jasa yang dihasilkan bisa b ersaing dengan produk kompetitor, atau bahkan bisa tampil beda sehingga dapat memberikan nilai tambah bagi prod…
"Alexia offers up a fluid, fun, and insanely useful conversation for all hiring managers, HR professionals, and trainers." - Lisa Haneberg, author of 12 business books, including Coaching Up and Down the Generations"Millennials will dominate the workplace by 2016. Are you prepared with the best way to engage them in your organization? 90 Days 90 Ways is chock-full of ideas to help you…
No matter if you're in the locker room or the board room, the basic team principles apply. John Robinson, University of Southern California head football coach and master recruiter, knows what it takes to build a winning team on and off the field. You'll get to-the-point advice on basic team-building principles: * Create a vision and lead your team with it * Share the vision and get agreeme…
In this book, Nigel Nicholson takes a fresh, novel, and penetrating look at human nature and why we do what we do at work. * Why we let one piece of bad news drive out 100 pieces of good. * Create the "us versus them" problem by immediately classifying people as winners and losers. * And think we can "tough things out," ignoring clues of disaster staring us in the face. The explanation of…
This book challenges conventional wisdom about how to groom executives for the top positions in your firm. It presents a strategic framework for identifying and developing future executives that senior managers can use to find the "hidden" talents in their midst. The key is to look for the people with the capabilities to run the business tomorrow - not today. Full of vivid real-life examples, H…