Learn leadership from the best-proven insights from the power elite in business, government, and beyond View from the Top brings readers inside the corridors of power and relates the personal stories and powerful findings from the Platinum Study, a groundbreaking study of 550 elite American CEOs, senior government leaders, and nonprofit executives based on ten years of research. The largest study of its kind, the Platinum Study delves into the domains of the elite with stories that illustrate both the use and misuse of power across the landscape of prominent American institutions such as AT & T.

Act Personally, But Think Institutionally : Develop Your Network Beyond Your Organization -- Leadership Begins at 20 : Beyond Bootstraps and Boarding School -- More Breadth, Less Depth : Catalyzing Your Leadership -- The Essence of Leadership: Driving Productivity, People, and Culture -- Strength in the Crucible of Crisis -- Lead with Your Life : Because It's Much More than a Job -- Lead for Good : Motivations and Outcomes.