Summary of The Rookie CEO, You Can't Make This Stuff Up! by Bill Miller

Description

In this tour of mistakes by new CEOs, executive coach Bill Miller shares his experiences working with rookie leaders in his long career as a consultant. Dividing the book into four sections – path, philosophy, culture and leadership style – Miller details the qualities that give certain rookie chief executives an edge and tells readers where others went wrong. You will savor the successes and failures of the Builder, the Flyboy, the Cyclone and the Innovatist, among others. Miller likes a funny story, and facing these CEOs’ most egregious errors, he throws up his hands and exclaims, “You can’t make this stuff up!”

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Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• Gestion et management
• Economics
• Business
• Leadership

Informations

• Publié par: GetAbstract AG
• Date de parution: 28 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798887270944
• Langue: English

Extrait

The Rookie CEO, You Can't Make This Stuff Up!
Learn how 9 rookie CEOs got there, executed, created their stories and led!
Bill Miller•Bill Miller © 2020•110 pages

Leadership / Being CEO
Leadership / Leadership Mistakes

Rating:7

Eye Opening
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Concrete Examples

Take-Aways Nine CEO archetypes illustrate the mistakes rookies make. The Path, Philosophy, Leadership Style, Culture (PPLC) framework outlines how rookie CEOs run their businesses. A CEO’s functional expertise comes from experience plus vision. The way rookie CEOs integrate their philosophies into their corporate cultures determines their success. The best leaders collaborate and set reasonable goals. People want their CEOs to treat them with dignity and not micromanage them. A rookie CEO should be accountable when things go wrong. New CEOs can completely change their company’s culture. Rookie CEOs should never answer a question nobody asked.

Recommendation
In this tour of mistakes by new CEOs, executive coach Bill Miller shares his experiences working with rookie leaders in his long career as a consultant. Dividing the book into four sections – path, philosophy, culture and leadership style – Miller details the qualities that give certain rookie chief executives an edge and tells readers where others went wrong. You will savor the successes and failures of the Builder, the Flyboy, the Cyclone and the Innovatist, among others. Miller likes a funny story, and facing these CEOs’ most egregious errors, he throws up his hands and exclaims, “You can’t make this stuff up!”

Summary
Nine CEO archetypes illustrate the mistakes rookies make.
A rookie CEO can come from any background and may have experience in many fields at companies of different sizes, from start-up ventures to legacy corporations.