Life at the Top: Personal Success

A rather formulaic presentation of dozens of today's top CEO's, their strategies and their visions. Each CEO 'talks' for several pages in a very structured manner, and there's a little box for each showing a mini-resume of him/her. Amazing to me were the number coming from smaller colleges and NOT having MBAs. Also the very high proportion working 65+ weeks and married still!Many weave childhood, family, and young-adult work experience into how they approach work and that aspect is interesting.Nicely done, but not one of those books that absolutely blows you over (perhaps need to read Peter Drucker for that, according to these guys).

A rather formulaic presentation of dozens of today's top CEO's, their strategies and their visions. Each CEO 'talks' for 3 or 4 pages in a very structured manner, and there's a little box for each showing a mini-resume of him/her. Amazing to me were the number coming from smaller colleges and NOT having MBAs. Also the very high proportion working 65+ weeks and married still!Many weave childhood, family, and young-adult work experience into how they approach work and that aspect is interesting.Nicely done, but not one of those books that absolutely blows you over (perhaps need to read Peter Drucker for that, according to these guys).

Forget the celebrity hype often associated with being a CEO that is presented in most business magazines. The CEO Chronicles allows a look at CEOs that shows them as they are: real people dealing with real issues. This book acurately portrays the struggles and the triumphs associated with owning and running a business. This book is a great way for business owners and CEOs to see they are not alone and for their employees to better understand the complexities associated with life at the top.Jim Canfield

This book really captured the kind of personal and professional challenges that real CEO's experience. It was refreshing to step into a series of stories from the kind of business leaders that truly run american business today.Great read that allowed me to skip thru business stories in managable chunks.