New York Times Bestseller
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
From the world's most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today's most successful corporate leaders-including chiefs at Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, and Sony.
Being a CEO at any of the world's largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business. Billions, and even trillions, are at stake-and the fates of tens of thousands of employees often hang in the balance. Yet, even when "can't miss" high-achievers win the top job, very few excel. Thirty percent of Fortune 500 CEOs last fewer than three years, and two out of five new CEOs are perceived to be failing within eighteen months.
For those who shoulder the burden of being the one on whom everyone counts, a manual for excellence is sorely needed.
To identify the 21st century's best CEOs, the authors of CEO Excellence started with a pool of over 2400 public company CEOs. Extensive screening distilled that group into an elite corps, sixty-seven of whom agreed to in-depth, multi-hour interviews. Among those sharing their views: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Kazuo Hirai (Sony), Ken Chenault (American Express), Mary Barra (GM), and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestlé).
What came out of those frank, no-holds-barred conversations is a rich array of mindsets and actions that deliver outsized performance. Compelling, practical, and unprecedented in scope, CEO Excellence is a treasure trove of wisdom from today's most elite business leaders.
Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781529388114
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 613 g
Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 36 mm
A book for those who want to sharpen their skills in leading organizations to higher levels. - Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP
A satisfying handbook for future moguls - Kirkus Reviews
Valuable...provides leaders at all career stages insight on how to complement and enhance their respective styles. - Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Founder and President of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute
Remarkable...Any smart CEO looking to not just survive but thrive would do well to read and heed this book's insights. - David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group
Plunges into the minds of the world's finest CEOs, reaches deep into their psyches, [and] retrieves the rarest pearls of wisdom. - Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries
Illuminating and even inspiring...strategies I'm excited to teach in my leadership courses at Harvard. - Frances Frei, coauthor of Unleashed
A how-to guide for aspiring leaders, CEO Excellence provides real-world, practical examples of how real leaders lead through times of crisis and calm. A must-read for anyone that aspires to lead corporations large and small. - Blair Mannix, Director of MBA Admissions, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvani
CEO Excellence pulls back the curtain on how some of the world's greatest business leaders have achieved success. Readers from the classroom to the boardroom will find valuable lessons they can apply to their own careers. - Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and cofounder of Blackstone
A must-read for everyone who is (or wants to be) a CEO...Very informative and highly enjoyable. - Jason Flom, former Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, and Capitol Music Group
This work will help leaders everywhere-not just CEOs-be more effective. - Fast Company
Show(s) how the best CEOs think and adapt in surprisingly similar ways across industries - CNBC
Goes behind the corporate curtain... a master class in leadership - Business Insider
(A) rare leadership book that takes an analytical look - Forbes
Effective and inspirational - Inc.
Full of highlights...one of those great books that will be read for a long time - Barron's
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