Executive Intelligence - Hardcover

Menkes, Justin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060781874 ISBN 13: 9780060781873

Publisher: HarperCollins World, 2005

Synopsis

Draws on the examples of top executives to explain how business leaders can achieve success by accomplishing tasks, engaging others, and evaluating their own decisions and actions, in a guide complemented by firsthand accounts and business anecdotes. 60,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Executive Intelligence" is a breakthrough." -- Noel M. Tichy, Professor, The Ross School, University of Michigan and author of Cycle of Leadership

"Menkes offers a stimulating analysis of an important topic."--BusinessWeek

"Justin Menkes has provided a useful guide for helping to identify the people you want to bet your company on."--Ed Breen, Chairman & CEO, Tyco International Ltd.

"Executive Intelligence offers real insights into what differentiates the great leaders from the pack."--Kevin Sharer: Chairman, President & CEO of Amgen, Inc

"Executive Intelligence" is a breakthrough."--Noel M. Tichy, Professor, The Ross School, University of Michigan and author of Cycle of Leadership

"This will transform the way companies hire, promote and evaluate senior-level employees. It is nothing less than a revolution."--James M. Citrin, board director and practice leader, Spencer Stuart, and coauthor of the national bestsellers The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers and You're in Charge, Now What

Menkes offers a stimulating analysis of an important topic. --BusinessWeek"

Executive Intelligence offers real insights into what differentiates the great leaders from the pack. --Kevin Sharer: Chairman, President & CEO of Amgen, Inc"

Executive Intelligence is a breakthrough. --Noel M. Tichy, Professor, The Ross School, University of Michigan and author of Cycle of Leadership"

This will transform the way companies hire, promote and evaluate senior-level employees. It is nothing less than a revolution. --James M. Citrin, board director and practice leader, Spencer Stuart, and coauthor of the national bestsellers The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers and You're in Charge, Now What"

Synopsis:

"Executive Intelligence" is about the substance behind great leadership. Justin Menkes has isolated the qualities that make for the 'right' people. Drawing on his background in psychology and bolstered by interviews with accomplished CEOs, Menkes paints the portrait of the ideal executive. In a sense, Menkes' work reveals an executive IQ - the cognitive skills necessary in order to excel in senior management positions. Contrary to our popular assumptions, star leaders have many different sorts of interpersonal styles - they are not all warm, empathetic, or overtly charismatic. But they do have one common, consistent trait; they are all sharp. And they are sharp in the specific ways that constitute Executive Intelligence: they readily differentiate primary priorities from secondary concerns; they identify flawed assumptions; they anticipate the different needs of various stakeholders and how they might conflict with one another; and they recognize the underlying agendas of individuals in complex exchanges. Menkes is a passionate advocate for finding and employing the most talented people, especially those who may have been held back by external assumptions.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins World
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060781874
• ISBN 13: 9780060781873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340