Why CEOs Fail : The 11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb to the Top - and How to Manage Them Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Cairo, Peter C., Dotlich, David L
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The author names and illustrates the 11 sins of business leaders with real stories taken from behind their closed-door practice. Cogent, straight and crisply written, these short chapters offer insight and inspiration for all leaders who may struggle with their dark side.
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- Title Why CEOs Fail : The 11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb to the Top - and How to Manage Them
- Author Cairo, Peter C., Dotlich, David L
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, San Francisco
- Date April 15, 2003
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6361446-6
- ISBN 9780787967635 / 0787967637
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.8 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Organizational effectiveness, Leadership
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003002307
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.42
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AVOID THE BEHAVIORS THAT CAUSE A LEADER'S DOWNFALL
If any of the following behaviors sound like you or someone you work with, beware! In Why CEOs Fail, David L. Dotlich and Peter C. Cairo describe the most common characteristics of derailed top executives and how you can avoid them:
- Arrogance - you think that you're right, and everyone else is wrong.
- Melodrama - you need to be the center of attention.
- Volatility - you're subject to mood swings.
- Excessive Caution - you're afraid to make decisions.
- Habitual Distrust - you focus on the negatives.
- Aloofness - you're disengaged and disconnected.
- Mischievousness - you believe that rules are made to be broken.
- Eccentricity - you try to be different just for the sake of it.
- Passive Resistance - what you say is not what you really believe.
- Perfectionism - you get the little things right and the big things wrong.
- Eagerness to Please - you try to win the popularity contest.
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- Library Journal, 05/01/2003, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 05/01/2003, Page 0