CEO
6 total works
When Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, he pitted his small vanguard against the larger legions of Rome. His act was so momentous that 'crossing the Rubicon' became synonymous for making any decision of high importance from which there is no turning back, but which holds the possibility of great reward. Best-selling business writer Alan Axelrod ranks Caesar among the first and perhaps the greatest of executives; an iconic CEO. Here, Axelrod analyses Caesar as a business leader, using an engaging, conversational style to explore six inspirational principles he has identified as constituting Julius Caesar's guiding tenet: vision and strategy, decision and action, negotiation and persuasion, tactics and techniques, communication and motivation and the valor proposition. Within these areas are 92 lessons interpreted for modern business leadership.
The quintessential leader of the 20th Century is examined from a new angle. This title explores 25 key facets of his leadership style and decision-making. It reveals how Churchill skillfully converted crisis into victory. Following his other "Business Week" bestsellers comes a new and perfect subject for Alan Axelrod's innovative format: Winston Churchill, the quintessential leader of the 20th century. Churchill skillfully converted crisis into victory, making the boldest of visions seem attainable; even though he sometimes failed audaciously, he embraced his errors and used them to become stronger. Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a way nobody has before, exploring 25 key facets of Churchill's leadership style and decision-making from his early years as a junior cavalry officer and journalist, to his role throughout WWII, demonstrating how he was able to overcome near-impossible obstacles. Fluidly and engagingly written, each lesson is enlivened with a vivid vignette from Churchill's life. As always, Axelrod's penetrating analysis will instruct, inspire and encourage those who lead business enterprises, large and small.
This title explores Theodore Roosevelt's leadership skills. Historians typically rank Theodore Roosevelt among the top five presidents. A man of omnivorous interest, Roosevelt was a progressive in social and political issues. Yet he believed wholeheartedly in capitalism; he believed that bold entrepreneurial enterprise and long-established big business were both the great drivers of the American economy, of American greatness. In "Theodore Roosevelt", CEO, best-selling business writer Alan Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a way nobody has before, using an engaging, conversational style to explore seven inspirational areas he has identified as constituting Roosevelt's principal leadership lives: the strenuous life, the learning life, the teaching life, the innovative life, the executive life, the political life and the steward's life. Within these areas are 136 lessons interpreted for modern business leadership. Whatever leadership objectives you intend to reach, Roosevelt's indispensable lessons will prove both instructive and encouraging.
Gandhi, a CEO? Absolutely. Not only was he a moral and intensely spiritual man, but also a supremely practical manager and a powerful agent for change,able to nurture the rebirth of an entire nation. To achieve this goal, he mastered the elements of personal leadership and institutional management. Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a way nobody has before, employing his fluid, engaging, and conversational style to bring each lesson to life through quotes and vivid examples from Gandhi's life.
Napoleon is the brilliant military strategist who also laid the administrative and judicial foundations for much of Western Europe. Axelrod explores six areas that constitute the core of what made Napoleon a great leader: Audacity, Vision, Empathy, Strategy, Logistics, and Tactics. Within these areas Axelrod formulates approximately 60 lessons framed in military analogies, valuable for anyone who aspires to leadership, whether in the boardroom or the Oval Office.
In this sixth volume of Alan Axelrod's popular CEO series, he dispenses the wisdom of a female monarch for the first time since his Businessweek bestseller Elizabeth I, CEO. Catherine the Great travelled from Germany to Russia at only 14 years of age and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful and captivating rulers in history. Axelrod profiles this strong and beloved leader - one of only two tsars to earn the title 'great' - examining her qualities of intellect, heart and character and distilling her words and actions into more than 100 practical and modern leadership lessons. Women, in particular, will appreciate this study of a role model.