CEO School
Insights from 20 Global Business Leaders
Authors: Shekshnia, Stanislav, Kravchenko, Kirill, Williams, Elin
Free Preview- Includes insights by business superstars, and leaders of household-name organisations with a global reach
- Isolates the key personality traits, education, experience, skills, roles and “style” required to reach the top in business
- Written in a friendly, accessible, non-academic style for a non-specialist audience
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- About this book
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This book focuses on what makes a successful CEO and the paths to becoming one in today’s global economy. Chapters in the book include insights by 20 top CEOs – one from each G20 country – gathered from an extensive global qualitative research project. Through seven easy-to-digest “master classes” that demystify the role of the 21st century CEO, the authors present their findings in an accessible, conversational style that serves as a step-by-step guide for those who aspire to become CEOs, and develop essential character traits, experience, and skills required of the role.
- About the authors
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Stanislav Shekshnia is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at INSEAD and a senior partner at Ward Howell International. He provides advice and coaching to senior executives, holds several board memberships, and was previously CEO of Alfa-Telecom and Millicom International Cellular. This is his ninth book. Professor Shekshnia was educated at Moscow State University (master’s and PhD) and Northeastern University (MBA).
Kirill Kravchenko is Deputy CEO for Organizational Affairs of Gazprom Neft. For eight years, until March 2017, he was CEO of Serbian multinational oil company, NIS, where he remains on the board of directors. He previously worked as a consultant, and for YUKOS and Schlumberger in Europe and Latin America. He has a degree in sociology (Moscow State University) and PhD in economics (Russian University of Chemical Technology).
Elin Williams is a freelance writer specialising in business, careers and higher education. She holds a BA and doctorate from the University of Oxford and is a qualified teacher. - Reviews
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“CEO School is the kind of concise, focused look at what works, and what doesn’t, that busy leaders will appreciate. Invaluable lessons from those who’ve lived it.” (General Stanley McCrystal, former Commander, US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), author of the New York Times bestseller Team of Teams)
“Reading through the book made me feel: I’ve been there, I have done that, but I wish I had read this book before.” (Arzu Aslan, CEO of Tat Food, Turkey)
“This thought-provoking book challenges some fundamental assumptions about what makes business leaders effective. Fascinating read!” (Marshall Goldsmith – Thinkers 50 #1 Leadership Thinker in the World and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Triggers)
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Class 1: Introduction—Getting Ready for School
Pages 1-10
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Class 2: Personality—The Three Essential Traits of the CEO
Pages 11-23
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Class 3: Education—Three Academic Proverbs for Future CEOs
Pages 25-36
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Class 4: Experience—Three Dilemmas for Would-Be CEOs
Pages 37-52
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Class 5: Meta-Skills—a C, E and O Taxonomy
Pages 53-79
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- CEO School
- Book Subtitle
- Insights from 20 Global Business Leaders
- Authors
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- Stanislav Shekshnia
- Kirill Kravchenko
- Elin Williams
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-10-7865-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-10-7865-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-7864-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 154
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations
- Topics
