Publisher: Hyperion, 1998, 162 pages
ISBN: 0-7868-6437-0
Keywords: Management
In recent years, the CEO's position within the typical high-profile company has been receiving more media attention than ever before. The job and paycheck of a CEO can quickly turn a relatively unknown top-level manager into a powerful international business leader with celebrity status. But how do those people get so lucky? What's their secret? Employees and recent graduates everywhere are asking, How can I get ahead? How can I become CEO? This book has the answers.
In How to Become CEO consultant Jeffrey Fox has written an insightful handbook of traits to develop for all generations of CEO aspirants — or for anyone who wants to get ahead in today's business world. Open it to any page and find a short, provocative piece of brutally honest advice written in a conversational tone. Each of the seventy-five "rules" focuses on a specific action that should be taken, a trait that needs to be developed. or a prohibition to follow. The words never and always are used frequently. These are smart, no-nonsense business messages that are meant to be revisited in your rise to the top.
But don't think for a moment that this is a cynical book. Rather, it is one of hard-headed idealism that will empower you to develop the qualities that are required of leaders: vision, persistence, integrity, and respect for superiors, subordinates, peers. and self.
Anyone looking to climb the corporate ladder will be grateful for Fox's direct, pithy advice — the essentials to follow if you want to reach the top.
If you find this book valuable, I must seriously question if you have what it takes to be a CEO.
Granted, there is always something that can be learned from everything, but advice like Don't travel with your superiors are a bit too simplistic.
You're safe if you avoid this book, as it absolutely will not help your career in any way!
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