- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Publishing (Hc) (Aug 2 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 044651800X
- ISBN-13: 978-0446518000
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 726 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #83,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Benton (Lions Don't Need To Roar, Warner, 1992) has interviewed over 100 CEOs for this commonsense self-guide to the executive suite and interwoven their salient thoughts throughout her book. There are no mechanistic, murky theories here. Benton opens with 22 "vital traits," including being honest, detail-oriented, gutsy, and humorous, which are analogous to climbing tiers on a terraced mountain. She then describes the best route to the CEO spot, what to expect when you get there, and what you will do. Benton's guide deserves a reading, either to energize or reenergize the harried executive or new MBA.?Joan A. Traugott, Amityville, P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Good advice for the aspiring executive."
-- USA Today --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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You can become a CEO-a chief executive officer- in your career lifetime. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid perspective.,
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This review is from: How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top (Paperback)
Forget the people who claim that this book is a rehash. They need to read it again and stop skimming chapter titles and skipping pages. Yes, a lot of this material is covered in other leadership books. There are basics that every reader of this type of book simply has to know. The author can't assume that they know, so she presents the basics.Buy this book for the unique content: The quotes. Real quotes from real CEO's. Dozens of real life examples of what goes on in the life and in the mind of the man (or woman) at the top. If you want to see what motivates a CEO, it's in this book. If you want to see what a day in the life of a CEO is like, it's in this book. If you want to see how a CEO handles pressure situations, it's in this book. The quotes alone are worth the 10 to 15 bucks. The easy, specific examples of things that you can say and do to improve your situation at work are just a bonus. As a small business owner, I would like to thank Debra for helping me to bridge the gap between my home business and my career. This book showed me how the skills that I developed as an entrepreneur could be applied to my consulting job. What prevented the book from being 5 stars? Author self reference. I realize that 'Lions Don't Need To Roar' is a great book, and cross promotion is all the rage, but borrowing the bulk of entire chapters from 'Lions' is a bit much. Still, a great read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I wish I'd known this when I started my career 12 years ago.,
By A Customer
This review is from: How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top (Paperback)
Some people could say this is common sense. But my years in corporate America has taught me it's not common practice. Benton lays out in a clear, succinct manner what the best leaders in business or in politics do to be effective. You'll recognize a lot of the traits in yourself and a lot in people that you admire. More importantly you'll be reminded of the importance of various attributes and will be given examples of how to use this information for yourself -- to become the effective individual that you want to be.Even if you don't aspire to being "CEO" you still have to work with one so you might as well know and understand how they think to make your own life better.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Who reads these books? It's complete tripe,
By John Doe (Bloomsbery, MO, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top (Paperback)
Only very naive or stupid people can take this junk seriously. It's not gonna get you one millimetre closer to CEO anything... or anywhere at all actually, it's just a waste of time and insult to your intelligence.
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