Book description
From moguls to maverick CEOs, learn their secrets, share their success
From safe hands to young turks, risk takers to innovators - get the instant profiles of 1,000 of the world's best CEOs. Definitive biographies deliver all the essential information on each CEO's career, their highs, lows, management style, vision and distilled wisdom, providing vital lessons that will give YOU the competitive advantage.
Pick up tips from the icons of business, from Bill Gates to Lou Gernster. Draw on the experiences of big partnerships and family dynasties and find out how the likes of Steve Jobs make innovation essential. Plus, discover things you can do NOW - from motivation to how to handle a crisis.
Incisive, insightful and inspiring, this is your chance to meet and learn from the CEO's leading the business world.
Table of contents
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Introduction
- What it Takes to be a CEO
- Chapter 1 The Innovators
- Chapter 2 The Start-up Titans
- Chapter 3 The Motivators
- Chapter 4 The Organizers
- Chapter 5 The Strategists
- Chapter 6 The Rebuilders
- Chapter 7 The Value Squeezers
- Chapter 8 The Visionaries
- Chapter 9 The Controversialists
- Chapter 10 The Globalists
Product information
- Title: 1000 CEOs
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2009
- Publisher(s): DK Publishing
- ISBN: 9780756661243
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