Leverage: The CEO’s Guide to Corporate Culture

February 24, 2014 Leave a comment

Leverage: The CEO’s Guide to Corporate Culture Paperback

by John R. Childress  (Author)

LEVERAGE: The CEO’s Guide to Corporate Culture: A book specially written for the CEO and business leader to better understand what corporate culture is, why it matters, the impact on performance, where culture comes from, how to better understand the strenghts and weaknesses of your own culture, and importantly, how to develop and sustain high performance culture. 

With over 35 years of experience advising CEOs and senior executive teams of global organizations, international business consultant and author John R. Childress brings to life the important elements of corporate culture including the role of leadership, approaches to culture change, culture myths, culture surveys and assessments and the role of culture in business performance and mergers & acquisitions.

The writing style is direct and to the point since CEOs and business leaders have little time to wade through consultant ‘gobblygook‘ or academic text.  LEVERAGE is also filled with examples and case studies that bring the topic of corporate culture to life!

Editorial Reviews

Review

You need to read this book before your CEO does!  ~Frank Tempesta, former CEO

WOW! “Not since The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People have I enjoyed a business book this much. My work is with leaders, teams and organizations and i already know this book will be a great go-to book for the future. Thanks John, for sifting through all the ‘stuff’ about culture and creating a smooth path of understanding for the rest of us. BRAVO!”  ~Alison Smith

This is the book every CEO has been waiting for! An insightful synthesis into the important topic of corporate culture, why it matters and how to separate the valuable from the BS.  ~Michael J. McNally, Aivia Corporation

This book is practical, insightful and honest in separating the facts from the fallacies about corporate culture.  ~Demetrie Comnas, retired executive, J P Morgan Chase

“John Childress has written a sensible guide to the subject . . . Sensible might not sound like particularly high praise but, for a business book in this charlatan-infested field, it is an accolade worth having.”   The Economist, Jan 11th 2014.

From the Author

I wrote this book on corporate culture because most CEO’s don’t realize the impact culture has on their organization’s performance and it’s people productivity.

In fact, corporate culture is the greatest risk facing the financial services industry today.

This book is the culmination of 35+ years of experience with CEOs and senior executive teams in building high-performance corporate cultures that deliver superior performance.

 

From the Back Cover

Corporate culture is the single biggest “hidden” risk facing the financial services industry today! ~John R Childress

About the Author

John R Childress is the former co-founder and CEO of The Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group and brings over 35 years of experience with senior executive teams in numerous industries across the globe.

 

John is also the author of FASTBREAK: The CEO’s Guide to Strategy Execution.

John’s books bring best practices into a synthesis of sage advice for the CEO and business leaders committed to improving culture and performance.  John currently is a senior advisor to global businesses on leadership, corporate culture an strategy execution.

 

 

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