Elizabeth I CEO: Strategic Lessons From the Leader Who Built an Empire - Softcover

Alan Axelrod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756767725 ISBN 13: 9780756767723

Publisher: Diane Pub Co, 2000

Synopsis

In bus. terms, Queen Elizabeth I of England was the CEO who managed history's greatest "corp. turnaround." In 1558, she inherited a bus. in trouble. Burdened by runaway inflation & a debased currency, bereft of strategic alliances, torn by internal dissent, & eyed by competitors bent on takeover, her bus. -- England -- was on the brink of ruin. 45 years later, it was the richest & most powerful nation in Europe. This book condenses Elizabeth's leadership wizardry into mgmt. lessons today's bus. leaders can employ in their quest for excellence. Anyone who is a leader will find much to emulate in Elizabeth's successful reign, including strategies for developing & communicating a vision of excellence, nurturing creativity, & turning crisis into triumph.

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Review:

Recently, we have seen England's venerable Queen Elizabeth I portrayed in popular movies as both a wise supporting character and powerful leading lady. Now, thanks to historian and author Alan Axelrod, we can not only see the 16th-century monarch as a single woman who turned the fortunes of an entire nation around--we can apply many of the traits and practices of Good Queen Bess to our own business lives. "You can learn that being a leader is being a leader, whether your enterprise is a Renaissance kingdom, a small business, a major corporation, a corporate department, or a three-person work group with a job to do," Axelrod writes in Elizabeth I, CEO. Like other authors who relate the conduct and writings of a historical figure to situations in the modern world (including himself in Patton on Leadership), Axelrod uses Elizabeth's behavior and words to frame a blueprint for corporate survival, personal image building, staff development, control, and--ultimately--success. The author draws 136 pointers from Elzabeth's life, each amplified with lively, germane anecdotes. Among them: "Control the Message, not the Messenger," "No Leader Is a Solo Act," and "Forgive, but Don't Forget." --Howard Rothman

About the Author:

Alan Axelrod is the author of the nationally best-selling Patton on Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare. He has also written several of the popular Complete Idiot’s Guide books, such as The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the American Revolution and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to 20th Century History.

Narrator Nelson Runger is praised by Library Journal for “The cheerful, sonorous timber of [his] voice and the unfaltering, even pace of his delivery ...”

About this edition

• Publisher: Diane Pub Co
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0756767725
• ISBN 13: 9780756767723
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274