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 McKinsey & Company, the world’s most influential management consulting firm, comes CEO Excellence, an insight-packed leadership book that reveals how the best CEOs think and act—based on interviews with elite leaders from Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, Sony, and more.

Being a CEO at a major company is one of the toughest executive roles—Fortune?500 CEOs often face massive stakes, yet many fail early: 30% don’t last three years, and 40% are deemed ineffective within eighteen months. What separates successful CEOs from the rest?

The authors began with over 2,400 public-company CEOs, narrowed to an elite sixty-seven who participated in multi-hour interviews. Among them: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Kazuo Hirai (Sony), Ken Chenault (American Express), Mary Barra (GM), Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestlé), and others—offering rich insight into CEO best practices, leadership strategy, and business execution.

Their candid conversations and McKinsey’s data reveal how the top CEOs use core mindsets and signature practices—across strategy, culture, talent, stakeholder engagement, board relations, and personal effectiveness—to deliver extraordinary results.

Practical, unprecedented in scope, and essential for leaders at every level, CEO Excellence is a management manual grounded in real-world CEO experience and leadership innovation.

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 the national bestseller 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