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    CEO Material: How to Be a Leader in Any Organization

    CEO Material: How to Be a Leader in Any Organization

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    by D. A. Benton


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      ISBN-13: 9780071605465
    • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
    • Publication date: 05/01/2009
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 264
    • File size: 2 MB

    D.A. (Debra) Benton is a bestselling author and a speaker and executive coach in high demand. Her client list reads like a “Who's Who” of success stories, from Campbell's Soup and Dell Computer to Time Warner and McDonald's. She has been featured in Time, BusinessWeek, Fortune, and The New York Times and has appeared on “Today,” “Good Morning America,” and CNN. Her bestselling books, which include Executive Charisma and How to Act Like A CEO, have been translated into fourteen languages.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    1. Make a huge investment in yourself
    2. Have an impeccable reputation
    3. Become a terrific communicator
    4. Get visible, early and often
    5. Grow, sustain, and use a global network base
    6. Get mentors; reverse mentor others
    7. Get as much feedback as early and as frequently as possible
    8. Be a bloody good leader
    9. Job hop but not too excessively
    10. Choose your bosses very carefully
    11. Get a foreign or multi-cultural assignment, ASAP
    12. Get a sponsor with influence who will stand up for you
    13. Be very nice to headhunters
    14. Get balance 'cause good leaders make good lovers
    15. Avoid career killers
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    Sooner or later that plum position is going to become vacant at your workplace. You know you’ll want it, but can you get it? Ask yourself: What’s my track record? Am I smart enough in the right areas? Do people like working with me? Do they respect me? Would they follow me if I were in charge?

    Am I CEO material?

    Any aspiring ladder-climber should be able to answer these questions—because, without a doubt, the competition thinks it can.

    In CEO Material, D. A. Benton shows you how to become highly visible and absolutely indispensable to your organization. You’ll learn how to project confidence, even when something hasn’t gone your way. You’ll recognize the value of being a generalist, able to comprehend every facet of your business’s structure and function. You’ll find out how to keep learning and growing so that you never feel stuck, much less appear so to decision makers. And most importantly, you’ll master four C’s that no true leader can be without:

    • Confidence
    • Constant Communication
    • Craftsmanship
    • Coworker Collaboration

    Inside, you’ll find a lifetime of top-level professional development advice that can make the difference. “CEO Whisperer” D. A. Benton is your guide to doing what must be done in order to make significant moves up the ladder. It’s not just about showing up;it’s about having integrity, taking charge, accepting challenges, and making an ally out of everyone you work with.

    Conduct yourself like a CEO and you’ll be first in line for each new promotion in your field. Transform yourself from an average employee to an indispensable corporate player with the help of CEO Material.

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