Derailed Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership

Name: Derailed Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership
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ISBN: 9781595552747

ISBN-10: 159555274X

ISBN-13: 9781595552747

Edition: 2009

Authors: Tim Irwin

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Vibrant stories of well-known execs who failed spectacularly as senior executives of major corporations.Bob Nardelli, Dick Fuld, Don Carty. What do they have in common? All were execs in huge corporations, and all resigned under less-than honorable circumstances. What derailed them? During Nardelli's tenure as CEO at Home Depot, he collected a tidy240 million while his company's stock stayed flat as that of its biggest competitor, Lowe's, doubled. It's hard to tell what sunk him in the end: was it stockholder disgust or his hardnosed and autocratic style? He was ousted in 2007.Fuld was the last CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., which led America's banks into bankruptcy in 2008.…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Tim Irwin, Ph.D., is an author, speaker, and leading authority on leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and executive selection. He has consulted with many Fortune 100 companies and served in a senior post for a US-based company with more than 300 offices worldwide.



Foreword


Preface


Running Off the Rails


Derailed


Profiles in Derailment


























Derailment in Slow Motion


Derailment Is a Process


Stating on the Rails


What's Your Character Quotient?


The Real Deal


Get Ahold of Yourself!


The Star of Your Own Show


An Amazing Ordinary Hero


On Track for the Long Haul


Five Critical Lessons Learned


Habits of the Heart to Stay on Track


Epilogue


Notes


Acknowledgments


About the Author


Index