The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable - Couverture rigide

Absorbing, compelling, and utterly memorable, The Five Temptations of a CEO is like no other business book that′s come before. Author Patrick Lencioni noted screenplay writer and sought–after executive coach –– deftly tells the tale of a young CEO who, facing his first annual board review, knows he is failing, but doesn′t know why.

"This book provides extraordinary insight into the pitfalls that leaders face when they lose sight of the true measure of success: results. This model is required reading for my staff."
Eric Schmidt, chairman of the board and CEO, Novell

Any executive can learn how to:

• recognize the mistakes that leaders can make
• avoid errors before they occur
• and much more!

Refreshingly original and utterly compelling, the story of this executive (written to be read in one sitting) will be enjoyed, remembered, and reread for years to come. It serves a timeless and potent reminder that success as a leader can come down to practicing a few simple behaviors behaviors that are painfully difficult for each of us to master.

"Lencioni delivers a provocative message: CEOs mainly have themselves to blame when things go wrong. If you′re a CEO (or any manager for that matter), do you have the courage to face the blame? Doing so could change your future–for the better."
Dr. Jerry Porras, coauthor, Built to Last; professor, Stanford School of Business

You won′t find any dry management rhetoric in this razor–sharp novelette. Apply these riveting lessons in leadership with the self–assessment at the end of the book. It will change your career!

As he stared out the picture window from his office, Andrew O′Brien wondered how it had come to this.
Tomorrow would be the one–year anniversary of his promotion to CEO. It would also be the first board meeting where he would be accountable for the results of an entire fiscal year. Those results, as he had grown accustomed to saying, were "unspectacular at best."
Andrew could not deny that he was at a low point in his brief tenure as CEO, a point he never expected to reach so soon.
Then things got worse.

In this stunning business fiction debut, Patrick Lencioni delivers a powerful wake–up call to all of us who dare to lead.
Young, ambitious, and overwhelmed Andrew O′Brien personifies a part of every leader as he wanders in search of the elusive silver bullet that will propel him to success. He happens upon an unlikely guide who distills the seemingly infinite list of leadership perils into the five temptations of a CEO. In an intense and often combative exchange, the two debate fundamental issues faced by all leaders–issues involving personal integrity and effectiveness in the ongoing struggle for success. While some of these topics have been bandied about in the leadership literature for years, here they actually begin to make sense.
Refreshingly original and utterly compelling, Andrew′s story (written to be read in one sitting) will be enjoyed, remembered, and reread for years to come. It serves as a timeless and potent reminder that success as a leader can come down to practicing a few simple behaviors–behaviors that are painfully difficult for each of us to master.