TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krames,Jeffrey A.
TI  - What the best CEOs know: 7 exceptional leaders and their lessons for transforming any business 
SN  - 0071382402 (hbk.)
U1  - 658.406 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - N. Y.
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Chief executive officers
KW  - United States
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Management
KW  - Organizational change
KW  - Success in business
N1  - The era of the CEO?  -  Pt.  1.  What made them great.  Ch.  1.  The exceptional seven and the traits that defined them.  - Pt.  2.  Defining strategies of exceptional leaders.  Ch.  2.  Place the customer at the epicenter of the business model / Michael Dell and the art of the customer.  Ch.  3.  Create an authentic learning organization / How Jack Welch converts learning into results.  Ch.  4.  Focus on solutions / Lou Gerstner on creating a customer-obsessed IBM.  Ch.  5.  Prepare the organization for drastic change / Andy Grove on strategic inflection points.  Ch.  6.  Harness the intellect of every employee / Bill Gates on creating a knowledge-based organization.  Ch.  7.  Create a performance-driven culture : Herb Kelleher on the importance of  creating a family-like culture.  Ch.  8.  Learn from competitors, but remain faithful to the vision / How Sam Walton's vision created the world's largest company.  - Acknowledgments.  - Notes / Sources.  - Index
ER  -