Executive Leadership & CEO Perspective Books

Books written by and for CEOs and senior executives that focus on enterprise-scale leadership, board-level decision-making, accountability, and the realities of leading complex organizations.

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CEO Excellence
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CEO Excellence

Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra

The definitive guide to what it takes to be an excellent CEO, based on extensive research with top-performing chief executives worldwide.

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz offers essential advice on building and running a startup, sharing the insights he's gained developing, managing, selling, buying, investing in, and supervising technology companies.

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No Rules Rules
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No Rules Rules

Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

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Good to Great
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Good to Great

Jim Collins

A definitive management study on how companies transition from being average to sustained excellence through disciplined people, thought, and action.

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The Effective Executive
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The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

The classic guide to executive effectiveness, showing how to manage time, choose what to contribute, and make decisions that matter.

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Playing to Win
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Playing to Win

A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin

A practical framework for strategy based on five choices: winning aspiration, where to play, how to win, capabilities, and management systems.

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Extreme Ownership
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Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

Navy SEAL combat leadership lessons that apply to any team or organization seeking to achieve and win.

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Leadership
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Leadership

Henry Kissinger

An analysis of leadership through six great leaders who shaped the modern world, examining strategy, vision, and statecraft.

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What It Takes
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What It Takes

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Lessons in the pursuit of excellence from the cofounder of Blackstone, one of the world's leading investment firms.

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Only the Paranoid Survive
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Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew S. Grove

Intel's legendary CEO on how to recognize and exploit strategic inflection points that can make or break a business.

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