The Life Cycle of a CEO. Myths and Truths About How Leaders Achieve Outstanding Results

Almost half of CEOs leave their positions within the first three years of their tenure.

Why does this happen? This question was posed by Robert Stark and Claudia Hildebrand. They conducted over 300 interviews with various CEOs of top companies and analyzed the work of CEOs from the S&P 500 list — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, and others. Ultimately, they realized that every company head, board member, and business owner goes through the same stages: ascent, launch, calibration, rethinking, the complacency trap, and succession.

In this book, you will learn how to: decide whether to become a visionary or an architect of the best solutions; choose what to focus on in the first year in office: trust or control; restructure the company without destroying it; understand how self-irony can help maintain resilience; and grasp why the word «stability» should become a curse word for a big boss.