What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming any Business

Contents The Era of the CEO? Part 1: What made them Great Chapter 1: The Exceptional Seven and the Traits that defined them Part 2: Defining Strategies of Exceptional Leaders Chapter 2: Place the Customer at the Epicenter of the Business model Michael Dell and the Art of the Customer Chapter 3: Create an Authentic Learning Organization How Jack Welch Converts Learning into Results Chapter 4: Focus on Solutions Lou Gerstner on Creating a Customer - Obsessed IBM Chapter 5: Prepare the Organization for Drastic Change Andy Grove on Strategic Inflection Points Chapter 6: Harness the Intellect of Every Employee Bill Gates on Creating a Knowledge-Based Organization Chapter 7: Create a Performance-Driven Culture Herb Kelleher on the Importance of Creating a Family-Link Culture Chapter 8: Learn from Competitors, but Remain Faithful to the Vision How Sam Walton's Vision Created the World's Largest Company