Lessons from the Top: In Search of the Best Business Leaders (Penguin Business Library) - Softcover

Citrin, James M; Neff, Thomas J

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9780140291384: Lessons from the Top: In Search of the Best Business Leaders (Penguin Business Library)

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ISBN 10: 0140291385 ISBN 13: 9780140291384

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

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What makes a great business leader? A more compelling questions: are there things we can learn from these leaders? Not surprisingly, there is no single answer to copy in order to excel in business. In fact, the leaders selected in Lessons From The Top are wildly different in their personalities and the industries they work in. But perhaps the best way to learn how to excel is to study the strategies and thinking of a range of leaders who have proved the best at what they do. Of course, theusual suspects (Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Andy Grove) are here - but the authors also quiz the people behind such influential companies as The Gap, Starbucks, Gillette and Merril Lynch in what amounts to a series of management masterclasses.

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Synopsis:

What makes a business leader great? This is one of the burning questions in companies and boardrooms around the world. another is : what can we learn from them? This book sets out to identify the 50 most successful business leaders in America, then in a series of detailed interviews - essentially master classes - goes on to examine their methods and techniques for success. Not surprisingly, each of the 50 executives selected differ greatly in their personalities, their paths to the top, and the industries in which they work. But perhaps the best way to learn how to excel is by studying the strategies and thinking of a wide range of the leaders who have proved themselves in some of the world's best-run companies. Any list of the best business leaders is sure to include such recognisable names as Bill Gates, Jack Welch and Andy Grove, but the list the authors have selected - along with the help of the Gallup Organisation and Lazard Freres - includes many names that are less familiar, but no less successful. With a final section that distils the lessons we can learn from the top, this groundbreaking book should be required reading by leaders - and future leaders -everywhere.

About the Author:

Thomas J. Neff is Chairman of Spencer Stuart U.S., hailed by The Wall Street Journal as "The No. 1 Brand in CEO Searches". James M. Citrin is Managing Director of Spencer Stuart's Global Communications and Media Practice. Spencer Stuart has a global network of recruitment practices, including practices in London, Leeds and Manchester.

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