By George!: Lessons in Leadership from George Washington, CEO

By George!: Lessons in Leadership from George Washington, CEO
ISBN-10
1616630175
ISBN-13
9781616630171
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
114
Language
English
Published
2010-05
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Author
Bill D'Arienzo

Description

Conventional wisdom holds that a CEO's performance is measured in the financial results that he or she achieves during his or her career. However, a review of a decade of high-profile firings and research in search of an explanation as to why proves that financial performance is not the major reason CEOs are fired. In fact, over 75 percent of the failings can be explained as issues of poor business communication and personal leadership style. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these are issues of a person's character, not his or her company's financial performance per se! Ingeniously dissecting the career of General George Washington, as a CEO, author Bill D'Arienzo creates a parallel that all readers, whether in business or not, will find poignant in By George! Lessons in Leadership from George Washington, CEO. '...a crisp and compelling style, this brief book focuses on Washington's character and personnel skills...derives principles that today's CEOs would do well to apply.' -Jeffry H. Morrison, The Political Philosophy of George Washington (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)

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