CEO Excellence, Carolyn Dewar
CEO Excellence, Carolyn Dewar
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CEO Excellence
The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest

Author: Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra

Narrator: Patricia Rodriguez

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022


Synopsis

New York Times Bestseller
Wall Street Journal Bestseller

From the world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today’s most successful corporate leaders—including chiefs at Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, and Sony.

Being a CEO at any of the world’s largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business. Billions, and even trillions, are at stake—and the fates of tens of thousands of employees often hang in the balance. Yet, even when “can’t miss” high-achievers win the top job, very few excel. Thirty percent of Fortune 500 CEOs last fewer than three years, and two out of five new CEOs are perceived to be failing within eighteen months.

For those who shoulder the burden of being the one on whom everyone counts, a manual for excellence is sorely needed.

To identify the 21st century’s best CEOs, the authors of CEO Excellence started with a pool of over 2400 public company CEOs. Extensive screening distilled that group into an elite corps, sixty-seven of whom agreed to in-depth, multi-hour interviews. Among those sharing their views: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Kazuo Hirai (Sony), Ken Chenault (American Express), Mary Barra (GM), and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestlé).

What came out of those frank, no-holds-barred conversations is a rich array of mindsets and actions that deliver outsized performance. Compelling, practical, and unprecedented in scope, CEO Excellence is a treasure trove of wisdom from today’s most elite business leaders.

About Carolyn Dewar

Carolyn Dewar, a coauthor of the New York Times bestselling CEO Excellence, is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. She has published over thirty articles in the Harvard Business Review and the McKinsey Quarterly and is a frequent keynote speaker. 

About Scott Keller

Scott Keller is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. He is the author or coauthor of seven books, including CEO Excellence and Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Create Ultimate Competitive Advantage

About Vikram Malhotra

Vikram (Vik) Malhotra, a coauthor of CEO Excellence, is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company where he has worked since 1986. He has served on McKinsey’s Board of Directors and as McKinsey’s Managing Partner of the Americas. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rasa

I am still in process of reading it, but in every chapter I get the same thought in my mind - why the original sources of the business models (or very similar ones) that they are talking about are not being mentioned. A few examples, in the first chapter the key elements are very close to Blue Ocean......more

Goodreads review by Chris

Excellent overview of leadership in business. The 'Good to Great' of leadership. Set the direction Align the organisation Mobilise through leaders Engage the board Connect with stakeholders Manage personal effectiveness. I think without the 6th one, the others aren't truly possible.......more

Goodreads review by Milos

I have always been interested in what is the actual job that the CEO does, and this book explains is great. More specifically, it elaborates on 6 areas: 1) Setting the direction 2) Aligning the organization 3) Mobilizing leaders 4) Stakeholder management 5) Board management 6) Personal effectiveness manag......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

I really liked "CEO Excellence" by Carolyn Dewar. It can be thought of as a mini-MBA course, as its value extends beyond the C-suite and contains valuable lessons for everyone in corporate America. Dewar, and her writing partners, sought to create a book which details the difference between okay-CEO......more