The Secrets of CEOs: 150 Global Chief Executives Lift the Lid on Business, Life and Leadership

Provides a radical view on future corporate leadership, the qualities that leaders need as well as providing practical advice for the aspiring 21st century 'super leader'.

What is it really like to be a CEO? This is the first book to bring together 150 top global CEOs on the record. Some of the world's best CEOs share their secrets on running a global business, coping with the capital crunch, and the other key trends shaping the business world's sustainability, the web, and the world war for talent. Leaders reveal how they really lead in practice and share their advice for getting to the top and, once there, how to be a successful leader and still have a happy life. The book also shares a radical view from the CEOs of how best to lead into the future. The Secrets of CEOs reveals frank insights about their lives with some of the West's most influential CEOs, such as Tesco's Sir Terry Leahy, Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP Group, former BP chief executive Lord Browne, Mick Davis of Xstrata and Ben Verwaayen, formerly of BT. It also incorporates radical and thought-provoking comments from the heads of new corporate champions of India like Infosys, Tata, and Wipro, leading Chinese and Russian companies such as Lenovo and Severstal, and US corporate giants including Google, Dell, and News Corporation. More details including a list of interviewees, a detailed synopsis and exclusive CEO videos available at www.thesecretsofceos.com