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Leadership Power Plays: How the World's Most Powerful Executives Reach the Top of Their Game

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ISBN13: 9780071475594
ISBN10: 0071475591
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The Last Word in Success from the First Name in Business<P>The new Power Plays series from "BusinessWeek" analyzes the hard-hitting, highly focused insights from the biggest power players in business, such as Warren Buffett and Steve Jobs, on a range of topics essential for success in today's competitive market. Each book includes real case studies, proven strategies, and the keen industry insight that has made BusinessWeek the world's number-one authority.Each specialized playbook showcases the top industry leaders and headline-making success stories that everyone wants to know about-and learn from Features the wisdom of top business power players, including Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, Ken Chenault, and Bill Weldon Packed with best-practice sidebars, call-outs, how-to strategies, to-do lists, and insider advice in a breezy, no-nonsense style Arms managers and executives with tools they can put to work immediately Each book will include interactive features and downloads on BusinessWeek.com <P>This practical book shows how to adapt the winning strategies of the world's most successful leaders-including insights into figures like Jack Welch and A. G. Lafley.

Synopsis:

Learn the Plays

Make Your Move

  • Establish responsibility at every level like Jamie Houghton at Corning
  • Learn from T.K. Kurien to emulate top players the Wipro way
  • Put the fash back in your organization like Canon's Fujio Mitarai
  • Use Steve Ballmer's tactics at Microsoft to command a company in transition

And get in the game with the Monday Morning strategies and inside plays of the world's top business champions.

BusinessWeek Power Plays

Marketing Power Plays

Strategy Power Plays

Game On.

Visit businessweek.com/powerplays

About the Author

BusinessWeek is the world's number-one business magazine, famous for its award-winning coverage, inside information, and annual rankings of businesses. Established in 1929, the magazine set a new industry standard and ultimately expanded its enormous popularity through the website, BusinessWeek.com.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780071475594
Subtitle:
How the World's Most Powerful Executives Reach the Top of Their Game
Author:
Businessweek
Author:
Business Week
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Companies
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
General Business & Economics
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1
Publication Date:
January 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
195
Dimensions:
8.46x5.38x.52 in. .61 lbs.

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