Roads to the Top Career decisions and development of 18 business leaders [Paperback]

Many books have been written about the way business leaders manage their corporations, but little is known about how they have managed their own careers. Roads to the Top provides insights into how 18 business leaders of both the older and younger generations have made decisions about their careers, what fundamentally motivates them, what has been important developmentally, how have they balanced their personal and professional lives, what are their views on leadership and advice to others about how to make career decisions and get to the top.Introduction - Penny Hughes - Archie Norman - Martin Taylor - Gerry Robinson - Bill Castell - Liam Strong - Ann Iverson - Neville Bain - Charles MacKay - Sir John Egan - Sir Christopher Hogg - Baroness Jean Denton - Richard Giordano - Steve Shirley - Sir Graham Day - Lord Sheppard - Sir Neil Shaw - Sir John Harvey-Jones - Background and Motivation - Career Decision-Making - Career Development - Family and Personal Life - The Attributes of Leadership