From little known heroes to legends like Sam Walton and Bill
Gates, this absorbing book weaves history, economics, and
personality to reveal the secrets behind the success of the last
century’s greatest American business leaders. The authors show that
a key to success was “contextual intelligence”: the ability to
“read” and understand the context of the times and seize the unique
opportunities within them. Powerful Resource: canon of the 20th
century’s greatest business leaders in one volume Absorbing read:
the stories include both well known and unfamiliar leaders New
Leadership Theory: many leadership profiles focus on personality
traits; the authors’ theory of “contextual intelligence” represents
a fresh perspective Well-researched: based on a Harvard Business
School Leadership Initiative Study of 1,000 great CEOs and Founders
of American companies from 1900-1999 Many of the leaders profiled
hail from non-US countries Fascinating stories of the greatest
American business leaders of the 20th century brought together in a
single volume. From little known heroes to legends like Sam Walton
and Bill Gates, this absorbing book weaves history, economics and
personality to reveal the secrets behind the success of the last
century’s greatest American business leaders. The authors show that
a key to success was “contextual intelligence”: the ability to
“read” and understand the context of the times and seize the unique
opportunities within them.
關於作者:
Tony Mayo is the executive director of the Harvard Business
School Leadership Initiative Program. Nitin Nohria is Richard P.
Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business
School.