Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

The Hero's Farewell

What Happens When CEO's Retire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Marxist prediction that capitalist bureaucracy must inevitably neutralise individualistic leadership in industry, has been disproved over and over by the careers of industrial 'superstars' from Andrew Carnegie to Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, Estee Lauder, and David Rockerfeller - all of whom could be described as having made their own personal stamp on their respective businesses. Arguing that personality can also affect the departure styles of retiring CEOs, Sonnenfeld defines four principle types: Monarchs, Generals, Ambassadors, and Governors. The personality of each type is outlined in interviews with real-life business leaders and illustrated with numerous pithy anecdotes, making The Hero's Farewell both a well-researched and an entertaining read.

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From interviews with prominent retired chief executives such as David Rockefeller and Tom Watson, Jr., the author describes the four major types of leadership departure styles--Monarchs, Generals, Ambassadors, and Governors--to help CEOs and their firms better prepare for changes to come.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780195065831
• ISBN-10: 0195065832
• Artikelnr.: 21841606

Autorenporträt

Jeffery Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Harvard Business School for the past decade, is now Professor of Organization and Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Career Change at Emory University. He has twice won the Academy of Management's annual award for outstanding research on social issues, and was named to their Board of Governors in 1988. He is the author of three other books, including Managing Career Systems, and numerous articles on executive careers.