The Right CEO
Subtitle: Straight Talk About Making Tough CEO Selection Decisions
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: September 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780787955854
Subjects: Personnel & human resources management; Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business Executives; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Selection and appointment; Leadership; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & Economics / Leadership; Business & Economics-Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics-Human Resources & Personnel Management; Management - General; Chief executive officers
First sentence: Gil Amelio of Apple, Durk Jager of Procter &amp; Gamble, Doug Ivester of Coca-Cola, Al Thoman of Xerox, John Walter of AT&amp;T, Jill Barad of Mattel, Eckhard Pfeiffer of Compaq, and Lloyd Ward of Maytag-all these former CEOs of top corporations (or in the case of Walter, the former CEO heir apparent) share two characteristics: They are all very bright people with sterling track records as managers and leaders; they all failed as CEOs (or never got the chance to succeed).