The Secrets of CEOs: 150 Global Chief Executives Lift the Lid on Business, Life and Leadership

The Secrets of CEOs: 150 GLOBAL CHIEF EXECUTIVES LIFT THE LID ON BUSINESS, LIFE AND LEADERSHIP provides a fine review of leading CEOs and their thoughts on leadership and business, and is an ongoing recommendation for any interested in CEO insights. From profiting from hard globalization and surfing the next web rendition to coping with the first world war for talent, THE SECRETS OF CEOS should be in every business library.

Famous chief executive officers (CEOs) have an aura of invincibility. But scandals and failures have engulfed many infamous CEOs who ultimately lost their powerful jobs. And avoiding risk is no guarantee of top-job security. Many companies want their CEOs to serve as agents of change, not caretakers. How do successful CEOs stay on top? The answer depends on their style of leadership. Today, most chief executives are superb managers or bold entrepreneurs. Others are visionaries or astute diplomats. To find out what motivates CEOs and how they think about leadership, Steve Tappin and Andrew Cave conducted comprehensive interviews with 150 chief executives and compiled their findings in this book. getAbstract recommends their work to anyone who wants to know how CEOs think and act.

"I must admit I'm not a great reader of business books." This quote opens the foreword from Richard Branson to a book that really does stand out from the usual management-speak, there-is-only-one-way standard in this field. Tappin and Cave demonstrate that the world's top CEOs think about their jobs in very different ways - from prowling the shop floor to consulting their horoscopes. They also draw out some of the emerging trends in the global economy (the changing nature of globalisation, the acceptance that sustainability is bottom line issue, the search for global talent) in a light and informative way that makes this much more than a book of profiles of the powerful. Although I'm not sure if comparing CEOs to Frodo Baggins makes a lot of sense!