Leading in the Top Team: The CXO Challenge

Introduction. Leading within and across the functions / Preston Bottger and Jean-Louis Barsoux -- Sect. I. The Business Imperatives -- 2. The Leadership Imperative - Driving wealth creation / Preston Bottger -- 3. The Talent Imperative - All CXOs must strengthen the company's talent pool / Jean-Louis Barsoux and Preston Bottger -- 4. The Learning Imperative - Going offline to improve performance / Jean-Louis Barsoux and Preston Bottger -- Sect. II. The CXOs: Within the Functions -- 5. The Chief Marketing Officer - Creating, delivering, and communicating value to customers / Dominique Turpin and George Radler -- 6. The Chief Sales Officer - Sell, sell, sell! / Jonathan Lachowitz and Preston Bottger -- 7. The Chief Supply Chain Officer - Designing and managing lean and agile supply chains / Carlos Cordon and Kim Sundtoft Hald -- 8. The Chief Manufacturing Officer - Process execution, improvement and design / Kim Sundtoft Hald -- 9. The Chief Financial Officer - A capital position / Leif Sjoblom -- 10. The Chief Technology Officer - Corporate navigator, agent of change and entrepreneur / Jean-Philippe Deschamps -- 11. The Chief Information Officer - Achieving credibility, relevance and business impact / Donald A. Marchand -- 12. The Chief Human Resources Officer - Delivering people who can deliver / Preston Bottger and Paul Vanderbroeck -- 13. The Corporate Governance Officer - From company secretary to manager of governance processes / Ulrich Steger and Preston Bottger -- 14. The Chief Communications Officer - Leading strategic communications / Gordon Adler -- 15. The SBU President - Perhaps the best job for the CEO-in-training / Jonathan Lachowitz and Preston Bottger -- 16. CXOs and the Line - Serving the internal customer / Preston Bottger, Paul Vanderbroeck and Jean-Louis Barsoux -- Sect. III. The CEO and the Leadership Team - Pulling it all together -- 17. From CXO to CEO - The weight of accountability / Jean-Louis Barsoux and Preston Bottger -- 18. The Chief Executive Officer - Orchestrating the whole / Peter Lorange -- 19. Relations Among CXOs - Competing priorities spell trouble / Jean-Louis Barsoux -- 20. The Top Team - From executive group to executive team / Jean-Philippe Deschamps -- Conclusion -- 21. Summary: The CXO Challenge - Wealth creation by the executive team / Preston Bottger and Jean-Louis Barsoux.