What Makes Great Leaders Great: Management Lessons from Icons Who Changed the World
- 4h 46m
- Frank Arnold
- McGraw-Hill
- 2012
It doesn’t matter what your field of expertise is, whom you know, or how educated you are. If you have powerful management skills, you will succeed; if you don’t, you’ll hit the ceiling sooner rather than later.
In What Makes Great Leaders Great, bestselling author and leadership expert Frank Arnold gathers 56 icons from various fields—from business and sports to politics and pop culture—to reveal the specific management skills they used to reach the top.
For every line of work or personal goal, effectively applying these management skills will lead to ultimate success. All the people in this remarkably diverse group figured out what they needed to know to manage their rise to the top—and executed it with superb skill. What Makes Great Leaders Great includes:
- Bill Gates on harnessing the power of a business mission
- Nicolaus Copernicus on questioning every assumption
- Phil Knight on fine-tuning the right strategy
- Michael Dell on making the customer your number-one priority
- Michelangelo on focusing on a single objective
- Joseph Schumpeter on practicing creative destruction
- Roger Federer on self-motivation
- Hippocrates on behaving responsibly
- Steve Jobs on implementing ideas
- Ray Kroc on envisioning the future
- Gen. George Patton on clearly defining assignments
- Warren Buffett on demanding effective management
- Stephen Hawking on making the best use of your time
- Pablo Picasso on fostering life-long creativity
- Muhammad Yunus on looking beyond your own interests
Learn from the best in the business—and history—how to leverage your skills, knowledge, and talent to reach levels of success you never dreamed possible.
About the Author
Frank Arnold is the CEO of ARNOLD Management, a management consultancy specializing in activating corporate intelligence. A leading consultant, bestselling author, and keynote speaker on management issues, he is also a columnist and regular contributor to leading German-language business magazines and newspapers.
In this Book
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Harness the Power of a Business Mission
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Create Customer Value
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Make Effective Decisions
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Recognize the True Nature of the Problem
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Make the Right Compromise
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Just Do It! Keep Fine-Tuning the Right Strategy
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Structure Your Organization Around the Customer
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Be Productive
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Demand Effective Management
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Understand Profit; Strive for Independence
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Harness Information
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Understand Your Sphere of Action
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Recognize Inflection Points and Utilize Performance Indicators
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Secure Feedback
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Implement Ideas
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Remember, Innovations Are Rarely Welcomed with Open Arms
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Question Every Assumption
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Innovate Systematically
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Exploit Success
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Practice Purposeful Abandonment
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Practice Creative Destruction
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Combine Existing Know-How with Other Knowledge to Create Something New
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Exploit Opportunities Arising From New Technologies
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Recognize the Future That Has Already Happened
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Focus on a Single Objective
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Create a Perfect Whole
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Be Results Driven
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Draw on Your Strengths
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Manage by Objectives
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Plan Meticulously
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Be True to Your Own Values
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Surround Yourself with Good People
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Create a Culture of Effectiveness
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Nurture and Develop People
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Invest in Training
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Seek Wise Dialogue Partners
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Clearly Define Jobs and Assignments
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Establish Effective Cooperation
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Recognize the Most Important Promotion
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Embody Integrity
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Harness the Potential of Women
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Make Intelligent Use of Your Time
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Perfect Your Own Working Methods
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Create Trust
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Make a Life Plan: What Will Your Most Important Contribution Be?
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Be Demanding of Yourself and Strive for Perfection
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Find Meaning; Then Use It!
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Harness the Power of Discipline
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Motivate Yourself
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Derive Enjoyment from Your Profession
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Think Constructively
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Act Responsibly
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Foster Creativity All Life Long
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Assume Responsibility
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Look After Yourself
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Commit Yourself to More Than Just Your Own Well-Being
