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A Book Report: Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed
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A Book Report: Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed
It’s not just the conundrum of teenagers in identifying the life attitudes that make them leaders or head honcho. Often, this question also stays in the mind of professionals. To be at the topmost acme in the business, it without a doubt needs extraordinary or relevant attitudes, knowledge, skills, and matchless talent to survive and lead the company from the front in ever changing business environment (Northouse, 2007). So, focus upon studying the given book, “Corner office: Indispensable and unexpected lessons …show more content…

It happens that many times people do not get promoted to the top positions, which dishearten them, although they have worked hard for donkey’s years. So, keeping the core theme of leadership, how to be a successful leader in the business field, he mentions specific qualities to be a true leader for a long time.
In truth, tying up with “The New York Times” (NYTimes), it is known that he has successfully interviewed more than 200 chief executives or leaders to know exactly what it takes to be a leader of the great institutes or enterprises. Upon interviewing such leaders, who have actually made the way towards the peak enables him to write this book, which homes in on the matter of difference between leaders and followers or subordinates. In these interviews, he has come in the contact with the great CEO’s or leaders, such as Mark Pincus (Zynga CEO), Ursula Burns (Xerox CEO), Wendy Kopp (Teach for America CEO), David C. Novak (Yum Brands CEO), Alan R. Mulally (Ford CEO), and several other …show more content…

Inclosing the discussed matters with experts of the business (top executives), Adam Bryant intelligently sets forth the facts about concepts they deploy or practice in their daily professional lives. For example, each major player discusses the importance of questioning attitudes, team spirits, confidence, boldness to exert perspectives meant for business success in common with simple mindset, excluding complexity in the work culture or in the

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