Tough calls from the corner office
Subtitle: top business leaders reveal their career-defining moments
By: Harlan Steinbaum with Dave Conti and Michael Steinbaum
Contributors: Conti, Dave; Steinbaum, Michael
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780061802492
Subjects: Leadership; Decision making
Description: Describes the career-making decisions of nearly forty of America's most successful business leaders and the lessons they learned along the way, and includes an appendix of professional advice.
Table of contents: title: The road taken: making key career choices; title: Leaving the mother ship: taking the entrepreneurial leap; title: Love and marriage: finding or shedding business partners; title: Betting the farm: risking success for more success; title: Hearts and minds: creating a new corporate culture; title: The mother of invention: transforming the company's business model; title: Sea change: repositioning, refocusing, and renewing a business; title: When to fold 'em: knowing when it's time to step aside; title: Paths to service: defining moments that transcend business.