Synopsis
Dr. Curtis J. Crawford’s book Corporate Rise provides detailed insight into extreme personal leadership by outlining a strategy for high aspiration individuals to become X-Leaders. They have a passion for developing people and find imaginative ways to inspire people to excel. X-Leaders cultivate creativity, are customer-centric, and drive their companies with decisions grounded in facts. They are visionaries who anticipate the future and have confidence in the abilities of their people. X-Leaders convert the energy generated by chaos into better decisions, believe that the company comes first, and insist on teamwork. X-Leaders are role models and expect greatness. X-Leadership is personified through Dr. Crawford’s executive and board experience including various senior positions at companies such as IBM, DuPont, Agilysys, AT&T, Lucent, ON Semiconductors, ITT, Zilog, ONIX, Lyondell and DePaul University.
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About the Author
Dr. Curtis J. Crawford is President and CEO of XCEO, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in executive leadership and corporate governance. He began his career as a systems engineer at IBM Corp. During his fifteen years at IBM, he held a variety of executive positions including Vice President of Marketing. [br] During a ten year tenure at AT&T Corp and Lucent Technologies, Inc., Dr. Crawford was Group President of the Microelectronics Group and President of the Intellectual Property division. [br] He served as Chairman of the Board of ON Semiconductor Corporation; Chairman, President and CEO of Zilog, Inc.; President, CEO and Board Member of Onix Microsystems, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of ISTAT Corporation. [br] Dr. Crawford currently serves on the Board of Directors of E.I. duPont de Nemours Company, ITT Industries, Inc., ON Semiconductors, and Agilysys Corp. Also, he is Trustee of DePaul University. [br] He previously served on the Board of Directors of Lyondell Petrochemical Company and The Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation. [br] Dr. Crawford earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in Organization and Management.
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This book is about excellence and the pursuit of extreme personal leadership! It provides a distinctive and concise set of X principles. When effectively practiced consistently and passionately, these X principles will accelerate your progress towards reaching the upper echelons of the Corporate World! Corporate Rise offers proven suggestions that are based on solid fundamental research that is well grounded with years of practical experience! If you are an individual with high aspirations and want to lead and earn your way to the top of Corporate America, this is an opportunity for you to take advantage of the insight and experience of a proven set of actions! Success is usually a planned outcome. Fortunately, you do not need to base your career on serendipity. Corporate Rise provides a path for the inspired person to follow! The requirement for exemplary leadership is at an all time high! If you have high aspirations, this book was written especially for you!
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