Shorelines examples from "10 Things That Keep CEOs Awake - and how to put them to bed" by Elizabeth Coffey and colleagues from The Change Partnership Creating Time To Maximize CEO Impact - by Elspeth May Faced with an ever-increasing pace of change and near-overload in terms of data, managing time becomes the main day-to-day priority of any CEO." Managing the Board - by Peter Salsbury "Were you a unanimous choice? If not , who was against you and why?" Surviving in the Global Jungle - by Bob Goodall "... international expansion brings with it strategic, organizational and cultural complexities, not to mention a heavy toll on personal time." Conclusion - by Peter Milligan "Sleepless nights are a sign of stress. ...... (This book's) aim is to illustrate how any CEO can use the techniques of the coach to resolve a range of problems and become a more effective leader." JACKET NOTES "What are the real issues facing those at the top of the corporate tree? Elizabeth Coffey and coaches from The Change Partnership address the primary concerns of today's CEOs: Developing bifocal vision Getting the organizational structure right Creating time to maximize CEO impact Energizing the organization through leadership Delivering strategy through the top team Managing the board Communicating with all of the stakeholders all of the time Meeting the diversity challenge Surviving in the global jungle Balancing your work/life demands Each chapter sets its subject in context, explains a specific challenge, defines a set of desired results and then shows how the client was guided to achieving those results. Finally, it suggests the questions you should ask, and answer, before tackling a similar challenge. To maintain the confidentiality crucial in coaching, eight chapters are fictionalized scenarios based on real life cases. Two, however, illuminate innovative leadership through actual examples: a multinational's top team development initiative, and the UK Senior Civil Service's current ethnic minorities programme. Offering practical frameworks and compelling insights into the realities of life at the tope, it is required reading for every incumbent CEO and ambitious senior executive." Published by McGraw-Hill Professional in the UK ISBN 0077099893 bs@shorelinesart.co.uk cartoons strips caricatures cards illustration models info home