Current Reading

I have just started reading this book.

This book profiles 8 CEOs and then attempts to draw some form of generalisations as to their common features. The objective is to be able to spot these features in CEOs that could possibly achieve outstanding results in the future.

At this stage, whilst being an interesting read, I am also wary of ideas that attempt to extrapolate general ideas from a small preselected sample size. In a nutshell, my argument is that we do not know of countless other CEOs, possibly with similar traits, who has actually failed and lost shareholders' money.

It is also interesting to note that the whole thing could be simplified by viewing CEOs filtering via Jack Welch's criteria of integrity, passion and 4Es, set out in his book, Winning.

I will continue reading, and post any further insights.

Readers may be interested in my Library listing here.

Yours One Legged