Superbosses, Sydney Finkelstein
Superbosses, Sydney Finkelstein
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Superbosses
How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent

Author: Sydney Finkelstein

Narrator: Mel Foster

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2016

Synopsis

Based on years of research, Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and author of Why Smart Executives Fail, looks at how a select few visionaries develop the most successful talent in every industryAfter meeting chef Alice Waters at her legendary restaurant, Chez Panisse, Sydney Finkelstein got to thinking about the dozens of chefs who had come from her establishment to open their own restaurants and gain notoriety as some of the country's most creative culinary figures. Waters, he found, had spawned a family tree of geniuses. Could this pattern exist in other industries?After years of research, Finkelstein found that similarly powerful mentors did indeed exist across every industry from finance to entertainment to fashion and the arts, and that they created a network of superstars in their community, using techniques that are varied and often counterintuitive.Finkelstein profiles luminaries such as Waters, Lorne Michaels, Miles Davis, Ralph Lauren, Larry Ellison, and Bonnie Fuller.Drawing on fascinating first person accounts and surprising best practices, Finkelstein explores a phenomenon that has never been researched before, and explains how any leader can create a powerful network and nurture extraordinary talent.

About Sydney Finkelstein

Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and the director of Tuck’s Center for Leadership. He is a consultant and speaker to senior executives around the globe, as well as an executive coach, focusing on talent development, corporate governance, learning from mistakes, and strategies for growth. He has published eight previous books, including the Wall Street Journal bestseller Why Smart Executives Fail. He is listed in Thinkers50, the world’s most prestigious ranking of leadership gurus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on April 28, 2016

Superbosses is everything that is good and bad about business books. There is a core good idea: some leaders are very good, intentionally or unintentionally, at developing talent, and maintaining networks of current and former employees or protégés. Finkelstein conducted interviews with famous leade......more

Goodreads review by Marks54 on March 28, 2016

This is a book by a Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School about "Supermanagers" and how they operate. As best as I can tell, the intuition is that a Supermanager is someone whose firm or organization has achieved outstanding and continued performance under that person's leadership and whose tenure is......more

Goodreads review by Guillermo on February 05, 2017

When my boss recommended and lent this book to me i thought: oh another management book, great... But i found just what i needed, examples of great people, people i can aspire to be. This book does an analysis of the traits the best bosses in the world have, to my surprise is not about them, it is a......more

Goodreads review by Fahasa on November 12, 2019

Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent "Superbosses is the rare business book that is chock full of new, useful, and often unexpected ideas. After you read Finkelstein's well-crafted gem, you will never go about leading, evaluating, and developing talent in quite the same way.......more

Goodreads review by Jason on May 21, 2019

Even though I am far from being a boss but I do find the perspective this book provides to be quite enlightening. It is definitely nice to understand from the viewpoints of the managers/bosses so that being employees we can work better together to achieve the same goals. So here are the takeaways: 1.......more

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