The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed - Hardcover

Bryant, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805093060 ISBN 13: 9780805093063

Publisher: Times Books, 2011

Synopsis

Hardcover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 249 Publisher: Times Books Dozens of the top CEOS reveal their candid insights on the keys to Effective Leadership and the qualities that the Set High performers apart What does it take to Succeed in Business and to Inspire others Adam yant of The New York Times decided to answer these and other questions by sitting down with more than fifty CEOs and asking them how they do their jobs and the most important lessons they learned as they rose through the ranks. Over the course of probing interviews. they shared memorable stories and eye-opening insights. The Corner Office draws together lessons from chief executives like Steve Ballmer (Microsoft). Carol Bartz (Yahoo). Jeffrey Katzenberg (DreamWorks). and Alan Mulally (Ford). from which yant has crafted an original work that reveals the keys to success in the business world. including the five q...

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"Compelling advice for the aspiring executive.... The conversational format makes these valuable lessons easy to comprehend and digest, and readers are left with a new understanding of leadership--why it's important, how these experts have worked to attain it, and how they can do the same."--"Publishers Weekly""Adam Bryant's "The""Corner Office" is a great service - practical, well-written, chock full of insight and wisdom. Reading this book is like joining a dinner table with some of the best leaders in America, listening in as a master conversationalist leads a spirited discussion you cannot forget. A wonderful creation!"--Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great" and co-author of "Built to Last"""The Corner Office" is a modern management masterpiece. Adam Bryant distills and weaves together hundreds of gems from some of the most successful and intriguing executives on the planet. The result is one of the most delightful, readable, and useful business books I have read in years

About the Author:

Adam Bryant is the deputy national editor of The New York Times and writes the popular "Corner Office" feature in the paper's Sunday Business section. He was the lead editor for the team that won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and is a former senior writer and business editor at Newsweek. He lives in Westchester County, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Times Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0805093060
• ISBN 13: 9780805093063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249