Name: The Corner Office
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
ISBN: 9780007432073

Adam Bryant

Aspirational business book based on interviews with over 75 leading American CEOs.

How Top CEOs Made It and How You Can Too

The Corner Office

The "Corner Office" columnist and head of a Pulitzer Prize-winning national reporting team draws on the insights of such leading CEOs as Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Yahoo's Carol Bartz and DreamWorks's Jeffrey Katzenberg to identify proven leadership principles as well as the qualities that CEOs most value in their employees. 40,000 first printing.

Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed

Magdalene Lim

A very enjoyable read, one that you can breeze right through cos' of the chock-full of anecdotes used to illustrate the different pieces of advice offered by the leaders. "It's not possible for the CEO to know everything, but it is possible for us to add value to literally everything... By asking the right questions, you get to the heart of the issue right away, " says Huang of Nvidia. And ask interesting questions, this book does. I would often pause and think of what answers I would give.

While a lot can and has probably changed since the examples were collected and this book was written, there are still various aspects of a company that wouldn't go out of style.

The Corner Office How Top CEOs Made It and How You Can Too

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