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A definitive study of executive failures - why they happen and how to prevent them. There's a scenario that keeps repeating itself in today's business climate. A company is voted one of the most admired in the world. Then three or four years later, it's in dire financial trouble. A CEO is celebrated on the covers of BusinessWeek, Forbes, and Fortune. Soon after, the company is in the midst of a disastrous merger or some other fiasco. What goes wrong in these cases? Usually it seems that the top management made some incredibly stupid mistake. But the people responsible are almost always remarkably intelligent and usually have terrific track records. Even more puzzling than the fact that brilliant managers can make bad mistakes is the way they so often magnify the damage. Once a company has made a bad misstep, it often seems as though it can't do anything right. How does this happen? Instead of rectifying their mistakes, why do business leaders regularly make them worse? To answer these questions, Sydney Finkelstein has carried out the largest research program ever devoted to business breakdowns. In Why Smart Executives Fail, he uncovers - with startling clarity and unassailable documentation - the causes regularly responsible for major business breakdowns. Why Smart Executives Fail relates the stories of great business disasters and demonstrates that there are specific, identifiable ways in which many businesses regularly make themselves vulnerable to failure. The result is a truly indispensable, practical, must-read book that explains the mechanics of executive breakdowns, how to avoid them, and what to do about them if they happen In recent years the CEO s position within the typical high profile company has been receiving more media attention than ever before The job and paycheck of a CEO can quickly turn a relatively unknown top level manager into a powerful international business leader with celebrity status But how do those people get so lucky What s their secret Employees and recent graduates everyone are asking How can I get ahead How can I become a CEO This book has the answers In HOW TO BECOME CEO consultant Jeffery Fox has written an insightful handbook of traits to develop for all generations of CEO aspirants or for anyone who wants to get ahead in today s business world Open it to any page and find a short provocative piece of brutally honest advice written in a conversational tone Each of the seventy five rules focuses on a specific action that should be taken a trait that needs to be developed or a prohibition to follow The words never and always are used frequently These are smart no nonsense business messages that are meant to be revisited in your rise to the top But don t think for a moment that this is a cynical book Rather it is one of hard headed idealism that will empower you to develop the qualities that are required of leaders vision persistence integrity and respect for superiors subordinates peers and self Anyone looking to climb the corporate ladder will be grateful for Fox s direct pithy advice the essentials to follow if you want to reach the top Modern Historiographyis the essential introduction to the history of historical writing It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era In a unique overview of modern historiography the book includes surveys on the Enlightenment and Counter Enlightenment Romanticism the voice of Science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought the influence of and broadening contact with the New World Writing in succinct and serviceable language, Jeffrey R. Fox presents profitable information for anyone aiming for the top of the corporate world. Anyone in the work force, at any level, can use and appreciate his litany of commandments. Applying these suggestions appropriately and sincerely will help you succeed in your personal and professional life. Some of the commandments may surprise you. Many of them will make you reflect on what your mother taught you. Frequently, the suggestions challenge and encourage you to make positive life improvements and to enhance your interactions with your colleagues. The author's no-nonsense presentation is an easy read. Each commandment entry is brief and to the point. getAbstract recommends this book to those who want to rise to the top, and be appreciated and respected by others in the process • Never Write a Nasty Memo• Skip All Office Parties• Overpay Your People• Don't Go Over Budget• Make Allies of Your Peers' Subordinates• Don't Have a Drink with the GangIs this how you thought you would get ahead in today's business world? In this insightful handbook, marketing consultant Jeffrey J. Fox offers provocative and controversial advice on how to climb to the top without losing your grip. The seventy-five "rules" Fox presents outline actions readers must take, traits they must develop, and the things they must avoid doing if they want to succeed. This straightforward guide sets forth the qualities for every successful leader: vision, persistence, integrity, and respect for everyone in the workplace. And each simple lesson in How to Become CEO resonates with indisputable wisdom. Vision, persistence, integrity, and respect for everyone in the workplace--these are all qualities of successful leaders. But Jeffrey J. Fox, the founder of a marketing consulting company, also gives these tips: never write a nasty memo, skip all office parties, and overpay your people. These are a few of his key ways to climb the corporate ladder. Presents seventy-five rules designed to help people develop the characteristics necessary to become a CEO, including specific actions that should be taken, traits that need to be developed, and prohibitions to follow