"From the world's most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, this is an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today's most successful corporate leaders--including chiefs at Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, General Motors, and Sony. Being a CEO at any of the world's largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business. Billions, and even trillions, are at stake--and the fates of tens of thousands of employees often hang in the balance. Yet, even when "can't miss" high-achievers win the top job, very few excel. Thirty percent of Fortune 500 CEOs last fewer than three years, and two out of five new CEOs are perceived to be failing within eighteen months. For those who shoulder the burden of being the one on whom everyone counts, a manual for excellence is sorely needed. To identify the 21st century's best CEOs, the authors of CEO Excellence started with a pool of over 2400 public company CEOs. Extensive screening distilled that group into an elite corps, sixty-seven of whom agreed to in-depth, multi-hour interviews. Among those sharing their views: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Kazuo Hirai (Sony), Ken Chenault (American Express), Mary Barra (GM), and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Nestlé). What came out of those frank, no-holds-barred conversations is a rich array of mindsets and actions that deliver outsized performance. Compelling, practical, and unprecedented in scope, CEO Excellence is a treasure trove of wisdom from today's most elite business leaders." -- "Based on extensive interviews with today's . . . corporate leaders, this look at how the best CEOs do their jobs focuses on the mindsets and actions that foster an environment of excellence"-- description from publisher's website. BTCat.

Introduction -- Direction-setting mindset: be bold. Vision practice: reframe the game ; Strategy practice: make big moves early and often ; Resource allocation practice: act like an outsider -- Organization alignment mindset: treat the soft stuff as the hard stuff. Culture practice: find the one thing ; Organization design practice: solve for "stagiity" ; Talent management practice: (Don't) put people first -- Mobilizing leaders mindset: solve for the team's psychology. Team composition practice: create an ecosystem ; Teamwork practice: make the team the star ; Operating rhythm practice: get into a groove -- Board engagement mindset: help directors help the business. Board relationships practice: build a foundation of trust ; Board capabilities practice: tap the wisdom of elders ; Board meetings practice: focus on the future -- Stakeholder connection mindset: start with "why?". Social purpose practice: impact the big picture ; Stakeholder interaction practice: get to the essence ; Moments of truth practice: stay elevated -- Personal effectiveness mindset: do what only you can do. Time and energy practice: manage a series of sprints ; Leadership model practice: live your "to-be" list ; Perspective practice: stay humble -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: CEO excellence assessment and prioritization tools -- Appendix 2: CEO biographies.