The 21st Century Executive: Innovative Practices For Building Leadership At The Top( Series - J-b Siop Professional Practice Series )

"The 21st Century Executive"--the eleventh volume in the Professional Practice Series--is a comprehensive resource that offers seasoned guidance and current practices on the important issue of executive effectiveness and success. While most books on the topic focus on CEOs, this much-needed volume puts the spotlight on a larger group of executives-general managers, corporate officers, and heads of major organizational functions and business units-and offers a broad range of perspectives on how to build effective executive leadership.
Contributors to "The 21st Century Executive"
Marcia J. Avedon
Lawrence A. Bossidy
John R. Fulkerson
Luis Gomez-Mejia
George P. Hollenbeck
Harry Levinson
Karen S. Lyness
Marianna Makri
Val H. Markos
Douglas D. McKenna
Robert B. McKenna
David A. Nadler
Leslie Pratch
J. Carlos Rivero
Anthony J. Rucci
Rob Silzer
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
Janet L. Spencer

An essential resource for building and maintaining an effective leadership team, this book gives HR professionals and I/O practitioners a greater understanding of executive dynamics, development tools, and proven techniques for managing executives. Written by top-notch practitioners, this volume explores executive performance and documents unique to executive-level human resource applicaitons. It shows how effective executive performance is qualitatively different from that of middle level managers. It also outlines today's state-of-the-art corporate human resource practices, along with lessons learned, and provides guidelines and principles related to effective executive practices.