First Year as the CEO of a Company : Leading CEOs on Understanding the Company Culture, Working with the Management Team, and Developing a Vision for the Company (Inside the Minds)

The First Year as the CEO of a Company is an authoritative, insider's perspective on strategies for succeeding as a CEO in the first year at a new company. Featuring CEOs representing some of the top companies in the nation, The First Year as the CEO of a Company provides best practices for gaining credibility, establishing expectations, and encouraging a culture of open communication-all in the initial twelve months on the job. Aware that the departing CEO can serve as an invaluable resource to the incoming chief executive, the authors describe how to leverage this relationship for optimum results, along with the other crucial introductions that must be made proactively. Driven by the demand for today's CEO to act quickly and concisely in this ever-competitive business climate, the authors explain how to gauge the effectiveness of the current company strategy, obtain input from the management team, and present a strong vision that new colleagues will embrace. From cultivating key relationships to evaluating the existing management team, these authors walk through how to best become familiar with the new company's people, products, and practices. Underlining the unique opportunity to bring a fresh perspective to a possibly stagnant company strategy, the authors explain how to examine and potentially discard the old way of doing things in favor of a more efficient method of achieving goals. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the leading executive minds of today, as these insiders offer up their thoughts around the keys to effectively assuming the role of the new CEO.