How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top

by D. A. Benton

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Business. Management. Nonfiction. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Benton identifies 22 vital traits that make a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - the leader responsible for making decisions, guiding teams, selling ideas, managing crises and conquering the mountains before them.

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D. A. Benton

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Debra Benton is a top-ranked executive coach and a featured leadership speaker who has appeared on The Today Show, CBS Morning News, Good Morning America, and CNN. She is the author of The New York Times best-seller How To Think Like A CEO, along with many other books and articles on personal and professional leadership. Learn more about her at show more DebraBenton.com. show less

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Genres: Business, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 658.4092 — Technology Management & public relations General management Executive Personal Aspects Leadership
LCC: HD38.2 .B4625 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Management. Industrial management
BISAC: BUS BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Management

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