CULT: Leadership and Business Strategy, Ruthlessly Redefined: The Classic CEO Guide to Calling the Shots Without Getting Shot

Section I Leadership Vision Authoritarian leadership Show us your faces, dear CEOs! The power of one man at the top Risk-taking by CEOs Communicate! Regularly! The power of MBA Pay-performance Succession planning The winning losers! Passion Multi-tasking Loyalty Sustained sincerity Youth Employee satisfaction and firing Health Women CEOs Section II Business Strategy Globalisation Diversification Importance of advertising R&D and technology: do they pay off? Quality and Six Stigma Second movers' advantage Controversies and corporate reputation Services versus manufacturing SBUs Going public & private Equity M&As Shareholders' wealth maximization Product differentiation Going the Bruce Lee way Competition Recession CSR Ethics EPILOGUE By Arindam Chaudhuri Success Responsible leadership Theory 'I' management By A. Sandeep Vision vampiring Capability & competence Meta SBUs