Why CEOs Fail. The 11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb To The Top - And How To Manage Them

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: First Edition

Description: 176 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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 youre right, and everyone else is wrong.Melodrama--you need to be the center of attention.Volatility--youre subject to mood swings.Excessive Caution--youre afraid to make decisions.Habitual Distrust--you focus on the negatives.Aloofness --youre 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.

ISBN: 9780787967635