Straight from the CEO: The World's Top Business Leaders Reveal Ideas That Every Manager Can Use

This volume goes to the source of power and intellect in 30 large companies, in both high-tech and mature industries, whose influence spans the globe: all are notable for their record in mastering the fast pace of socio-economic change that governs many of today's most formidable business challenges. The CEOs featured in the volume are experts in decisions that get results, and in philosophy that leads to success. Their thinking is, by necessity, innovative and timely. These contemporary practitioners of management, who are daily shaping the entire world business terrain, discuss how ideas are translated into action and strategy into deeds. Among the critical focus areas are: globalization - preparing for, leading and responding to the removal of market barriers; creating loyalty to one's customers; instilling innovation and harnessing the creativity of an organization; unconventional frameworks for growth; leveraging corporate cultures and values to enhance performance; using organizational structure to drive change; and invigorating transformational change.

William Dauphinais is Vice Chairman, Human Capital for Price Waterhouse. The senior author of two previous books, The Paradox Principles and Better Change, he has 25 years of business experience covering a broad range of organizational change, business reengineering, financial planning, and information technology issues. He received both his undergraduate degree and his MBA from the University of Michigan. Colin Price is the global head of the Change Integration consulting practice at Price Waterhouse, where he oversees a practice of three thousand consultants who work with global clients in managing large-scale corporate transformations. He is a co-author of The Paradox Principles and Better Change. He has a BA in Economics and graduate degrees in Organizational Psychology. Married with one child, he lives outside London.