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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: All CEOs face the pressures and responsibilities that accompany leading and operating a company today.
Chapter 3: At times The Struggle feels unbearable, but teamwork, creativity, and solution-focused thinking truly help immensely.
Chapter 4: Openly sharing problems and bad news in your company helps you discover solutions much more quickly.
Chapter 5: No one wants to lay off staff, but when necessary, do it quickly and fairly indeed.
Chapter 6: When dismissing an executive, own the mis-hire and ensure continuity throughout the entire business going forward.
Chapter 7: Care for your company’s people by training them well and establishing a strong human resources structure that supports growth.
Chapter 8: Hire people for strengths, not because of their weaknesses.
Chapter 9: Build a strong company people want to join: get rid of politics.
Chapter 10: The secret to leading an organization is knowing what to do and making everyone do it consistently well.
Chapter 11: CEOs generally fall into two types: decisive strategists and operational implementers.
Chapter 12: A company’s situation dictates whether it requires a Peacetime CEO or a Wartime CEO today.
Chapter 13: You can become a great CEO, even if it feels uncomfortable and unnatural at first.
Chapter 14: Selling a company requires overcoming both emotional barriers and rational, analytical obstacles.
Description
These blinks explain why the job of a CEO is among the toughest and loneliest in the world, and how you can survive all the stress and heartache involved.
Who Should Listen
- Present or future CEOs and founders
- Anyone who wants to understand how businesses are run successfully
- Anyone who is ever in a position where they have to hire or fire someone