CEO Material

Just finished reading a book titled ’The Corner Office: How TOP CEOs made it and how you can too’. What this books emphasis is on fixed traits all successful CEOs possesses.

The author, Adam Bryant, reveals the keys to success in the business world, including the five essential personal traits that all high performers exhibit, qualities that the CEOs themselves value most and that separate the rising stars from their colleagues. He also demystifies the art of leadership and shows how executives at the top of their game get the most out of others.

What really surprises me is about all CEOs having some listed (Pre-defined?) qualities: is this what we call ‘CEO Material’? Some are natural qualities and some can be attained through mentoring, but the list is more or less similar for all CEOs, no matter which part of the globe they are from.

This book is an effort of author, where he sat down with more than 70 global CEOs and asking them how they do their jobs and the most important lessons they had learned as they rose through the ranks. Over the course of this book, they all shared memorable stories and eye-opening insights.

It’s a good book, which tells you so many details about leadership and how to build the most important personal qualities.

Ironically, the next book I put my hands on to is ‘The monk who sold his Ferrari (Second read now!). One book talks about attaining the name and fame, the other one talk about giving up everything and walk towards eternal bliss. Both are contradictory subjects!

But, life is all about having such contrasts…