How to Think Like a CEO: A Portable Biz Book

Condensed for business readers on the go, HOW TO THINK LIKE A CEO draws on in-depth interviews with hundreds of the nation's chief executive officers. Author and international executive development expert D. A. Benton reveals the secrets that separate the business lions from the cubs--the vital traits that every executive must have to make it to the top Discover how to: Make your contributions known--without looking like a braggart Learn your boundaries--and when to go outside them*Prepare for uncertainty and the unexpected--without losing your cool Make fewer plans--and take more action Hire people smarter than you--so they're worth fighting for. Be thankful for problems--that's where you challenge yourself.

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Title of ebook: How to Think Like a CEO: A Portable Biz Book
ISBN: 9780759580497
parent-ISBN: 9780446673075
Publisher: Warner Books
Internet download file size: 210 kb
Published: 05-1999
Released online for download: 12-15-2000
Author of eBook: Benton, Debra A.

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How to Think Like a CEO

Chapter One

Basic Equipment

What gear does the modern climber need to make it to the top of the corporate mountain?

You can become a CEO-a chief executive officer in your career lifetime. It is not the unreachable pinnacle once reserved for those born with a silver spoon in their mouth, who went to the right school, who know the right people, the privileged group. Tomorrow's top chiefs will get there on their merit. Their-and your-entitlement will be based on the utilization of the required traits needed to operate, influence, and lead at high levels. There are no "secrets" left unearthed for the chosen to follow. You are the chosen, if you want to be one of them.

This book is for people who haven't reached their summit-yet. It lays out the equipment err, qualities-they will need to pack on their climb to the top of the corporate mountain.

Because maneuvering through various levels of a corporation is analogous to moving up a mountain, I've used mountain climbing in this book as a metaphor for learning to think like and become the person at the top. To make it to the ... read full excerpt from How to Think Like a CEO: A Portable Biz Book ebook

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