Overview
Main description
A world-renowned executive coach shows how to motivate, empower, and lead like the best CEOs
New York Times bestselling author D. A. Benton outlines proven prescriptions for building a reputation as a top-notch leader in any company or industry. CEO Material describes the core skills and competencies to cultivate, the critical relationships to build, and the key actions to take in order to get noticed by those who matter.
Table of contents
Introduction
- Make a huge investment in yourself
- Have an impeccable reputation
- Become a terrific communicator
- Get visible, early and often
- Grow, sustain, and use a global network base
- Get mentors; reverse mentor others
- Get as much feedback as early and as frequently as possible
- Be a bloody good leader
- Job hop but not too excessively
- Choose your bosses very carefully
- Get a foreign or multi-cultural assignment, ASAP
- Get a sponsor with influence who will stand up for you
- Be very nice to headhunters
- Get balance 'cause good leaders make good lovers
- Avoid career killers
Appendix
Author comments
D.A. (Debra) Benton is a bestselling author and a speaker and executive coach in high demand. Her client list reads like a “Who's Who” of success stories, from Campbell's Soup and Dell Computer to Time Warner and McDonald's. She has been featured in Time, BusinessWeek, Fortune, and The New York Times and has appeared on “Today,” “Good Morning America,” and CNN. Her bestselling books, which include Executive Charisma and How to Act Like A CEO, have been translated into fourteen languages.
