What makes great leaders great : management lessons from icons who changed the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnold, Frank
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2012]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Managing organizations
  • Harness the power of a business mission : learning from bill gates
  • Create customer value : learning from Lou Gerstner
  • Make effective decisions : learning from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
  • Recognize the true nature of the problem : learning from M. C. Escher
  • Make the right compromise : learning from King Solomon
  • Just do it! : keep fine-tuning the right strategy : learning from Phil Knight
  • Structure your organization around the customer! : learning from Michael Dell
  • Be productive : learning from Frederick Winslow Taylor
  • Demand effective management : learning from Warren Buffett
  • Understand profit, strive for independence : learning from Coco Chanel
  • Harness information : learning from Paul Julius Reuter
  • Understand your sphere of action : learning from James Wilson
  • Recognize inflection points and utilize performance indicators : learning from Andy Grove
  • Secure feedback : learning from James Watt
  • Managing innovation
  • Implement ideas : learning from Steve Jobs
  • Remember, innovations are rarely welcomes with open arms : learning from Gustave Eiffel
  • Question every assumption : learning from Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Innovate systematically : learning from Thomas Edison
  • Exploit success : learning from Dietrich Mateschitz
  • Practice purposeful abandonment : learning from Herbert von Karajan
  • Practice creative destruction : learning from Joseph Schumpeter
  • Combine existing know-how into something new : learning from Ettore Bugatti
  • Exploit opportunities arising from new technologies : learning from Larry page
  • Recognize the future that has already happened : learning from Ray Kroc
  • Managing people
  • Focus on a single objective : learning from Michelangelo
  • Be results driven : learning from Michael Schumacher
  • Draw on your strengths : learning from Albert Einstein
  • Manage by objectives : learning from Gustav Mahler
  • Plan meticulously : learning from Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Be true to your own values : learning from Winston Churchill
  • Surround yourself with good people : learning from Jack Welch
  • Create a culture of effectiveness : learning from Herb Kelleher
  • Nurture and develop people : learning from David Packard
  • Invest in training : learning from Alexander von Humboldt
  • Seek wise dialogue partners : learning from Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne
  • Clearly define jobs and assignments : learning from general George Patton
  • Establish effective cooperation : learning from Joe Biden
  • Recognize the most important promotion : learning from Barack Obama
  • Embody integrity : learning from general George Marshall
  • Harness the potential of women : learning from Hillary Clinton
  • Make clever use of your time : learning from Stephen Hawking
  • Perfect your own working methods : learning from Benjamin Franklin
  • Create trust : learning from Levi Strauss
  • Make a life plan : what will your most important contribution be? : learning from Peter F. Drucker
  • Be demanding of yourself and strive for perfection : learning from Giuseppe Verdi
  • Find meaning, then use it! : learning from Viktor Frankl
  • Harness the power of discipline : learning from Thomas Mann
  • Motivate yourself : learning from Roger Federer
  • Derive enjoyment from your profession : learning from Leonard Bernstein
  • Think constructively : learning from Niki Lauda
  • Act responsibly : learning from Hippocrates
  • Foster creativity all life long : learning from Pablo Picasso
  • Assume responsibility : learning from Harry Truman
  • Look after yourself : learning from Jamie Oliver
  • Commit yourself to more than just your own wellbeing : learning from Muhammad Yunus.