{"product_id":"life-and-death-in-the-executive-fast-lane-9780787901127","title":"Life and Death in the Executive Fast Lane","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn short essays this collection captures the essence of the irrationalities that pervade organizations and compromise leaders. This book develops surprising ideas about how organizations tick, and why they, and the people within them, ultimately succeed or fail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Leaders and the Organization\u003cbr\u003e 1. If I'm the Leader, Will Anyone Follow? A Definition of Leadership\u003cbr\u003e 2. Welcome to the Snake Pit: The New CEO\u003cbr\u003e 3. Boiled Frogs and Dancing Elephants: Change and Downsizing\u003cbr\u003e 4. Merger Fever: Managing Acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Do You Like Singing the Company Song? Corporate Culture\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Cultural Tower of Babel: Managing Across Borders\u003cbr\u003e 7. Are You Sure You Want to Work Abroad? International Assignments\u003cbr\u003e 8. Do You Have the Right Stuff? The Making of a Global Leader\u003cbr\u003e 9. When the Future Is Now: Leadership for the Next Millennium\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Leaders and Individuals\u003cbr\u003e 10. Is Anatomy Really Destiny? Women as Leaders\u003cbr\u003e 11. Joining the Family Burlesque: Family Firms\u003cbr\u003e 12. Reaping the Whirlwind: Creativity at Work\u003cbr\u003e 13. CEOs Also Have the Blues: Succession and Retirement\u003cbr\u003e 14. Do Workaholics Have More Fun? Balancing Work and Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dead Fish, Incorporated: Alexithymia in Organizations\u003cbr\u003e 16. Doing a Maxwell: The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship\u003cbr\u003e 17. Why Work for a Genghis Khan? Identifying with the Aggressor\u003cbr\u003e 18. Leaders Who Go Off the Deep End: Narcissism and Hubris\u003cbr\u003e 19. Conclusion: In Praise of a Little Madness","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405022372183,"sku":"9780787901127","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787901127.jpg?v=1730488396","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-and-death-in-the-executive-fast-lane-9780787901127","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}