Informationen zum Autor Scott Aylward (San Diego, CA) and Pattye Moore (Edmund, OK) are co-founders of INSTINCTS, LLC, a company dedicated to helping up-and-coming executives develop their leadership instincts. Prior to founding INSTINCTS, Pattye was president of Sonic Corp., parent company for Sonic, America's Drive-in, the largest drive-in restaurant chain in the?U.S. with over 3,000 locations. Scott was Chairman and CEO of Barkley Evergreen & Partners, the largest employee owned advertising agency in the country with nearly 400 employees.? For 10 years, Scott and Pattye worked together and over?time developed a working relationship that was unique to the corporate world of today. This relationship, while structured as client/agency, was built upon unconditional trust, mutual respect, an unrelenting passion to succeed and a desire to have those around them, truly enjoy the journey.?The result was a working relationship that allowed them to build the Sonic brand and lead both of their companies to year after year of record growth. Klappentext Praise for Confessions from the Corner Office > ? Kenneth Keymer, CEO and President, VICORP Restaurants > ? Andy Andrews, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Traveler's Gift "In Confessions , authors Aylward and Moore capture the reality of our humanity within the corridors of corporate America with real stories about real people." ? Clifton L. Taulbert, Pulitzer Prize?nominated author of The Last Train North > ? Jerry Langley, Executive in Residence, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame Zusammenfassung Confessions from the Corner Office is an inside look from two former corporate presidents at what it takes to make it as an executive in the high--powered world of big business. It gives managers the insight to develop a unique! caring! and motivating of leadership that results in true success and achievement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction xxv I Attitude Instincts 1 Get Married Again-Your Spouse Won't Mind 3 Corner Office Instinct 1: Find a Corporate Soul Mate 2 What's Love Got to Do with It? 17 Corner Office Instinct 2: Have a Passionate Love Affair with the Office 3 Put Down Your Fingers and Listen 27 Corner Office Instinct 3: If Someone Is Talking to You, Return the Favor and Listen 4 Of Course I Want Your Opinion-As Long as It Is the Same as Mine 41 Corner Office Instinct 4: Take Pride in Sharing the Spotlight 5 Check for Blocked Arteries 55 Corner Office Instinct 5: It's Okay to Take It Personally 6 I Rest My Case, Your Honor 71 Corner Office Instinct 6: Protect, Honor, and Defend Those Who Work for You 7 9 to 5 Was Just a Movie 89 Corner Office Instinct 7: Jobs Have Time Clocks-Careers Don't 8 Open 24 Hours 103 Corner Office Instinct 8: Smart Always Beats Fast 9 Never Leave the Office without It-A Nutcracker, That Is 115 Corner Office Instinct 9: Use the World Outside Your Office as Your Muse 10 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace and Possibly Your Career 129 Corner Office Instinct 10: Find Your Voice and Never Take It for Granted 11 Working the Room Is Not Just for Politicians 147 Corner Office Instinct 11: Be Seen, Be Heard, and Be Approachable 12 Sometimes You Have to Face the Firing Squad- Sometimes You Are the Firing Squad 161 Corner Office Instinct 12: Always Remain Objective When Evaluating Talent 13 Oops, and Other Important Words to Lead By 181 Corner Office Instinct 13: Have the Confidence to Admit Your ...

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Scott Aylward (San Diego, CA) and Pattye Moore (Edmund, OK) are co-founders of INSTINCTS, LLC, a company dedicated to helping up-and-coming executives develop their leadership instincts. Prior to founding INSTINCTS, Pattye was president of Sonic Corp., parent company for Sonic, America's Drive-in, the largest drive-in restaurant chain in the?U.S. with over 3,000 locations. Scott was Chairman and CEO of Barkley Evergreen & Partners, the largest employee owned advertising agency in the country with nearly 400 employees.? For 10 years, Scott and Pattye worked together and over?time developed a working relationship that was unique to the corporate world of today. This relationship, while structured as client/agency, was built upon unconditional trust, mutual respect, an unrelenting passion to succeed and a desire to have those around them, truly enjoy the journey.?The result was a working relationship that allowed them to build the Sonic brand and lead both of their companies to year after year of record growth.

Klappentext

Praise for Confessions from the Corner Office > ? Kenneth Keymer, CEO and President, VICORP Restaurants > ? Andy Andrews, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Traveler's Gift "In Confessions, authors Aylward and Moore capture the reality of our humanity within the corridors of corporate America with real stories about real people."
? Clifton L. Taulbert, Pulitzer Prize?nominated author of The Last Train North > ? Jerry Langley, Executive in Residence, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

Zusammenfassung
Confessions from the Corner Office is an inside look from two former corporate presidents at what it takes to make it as an executive in the high--powered world of big business. It gives managers the insight to develop a unique, caring, and motivating of leadership that results in true success and achievement.

Inhalt

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xxi

Introduction xxv

I Attitude Instincts

**1 Get Married Again-Your Spouse Won't Mind 3
** Corner Office Instinct 1: Find a Corporate Soul Mate

**2 What's Love Got to Do with It? 17
** Corner Office Instinct 2: Have a Passionate Love Affair with the Office

**3 Put Down Your Fingers and Listen 27
** Corner Office Instinct 3: If Someone Is Talking to You, Return the Favor and Listen

**4 Of Course I Want Your Opinion-As Long as It Is the Same as Mine 41
** Corner Office Instinct 4: Take Pride in Sharing the Spotlight

**5 Check for Blocked Arteries 55
** Corner Office Instinct 5: It's Okay to Take It Personally

**6 I Rest My Case, Your Honor 71
** Corner Office Instinct 6: Protect, Honor, and Defend Those Who Work for You

**7 9 to 5 Was Just a Movie 89
** Corner Office Instinct 7: Jobs Have Time Clocks-Careers Don't

**8 Open 24 Hours 103
** Corner Office Instinct 8: Smart Always Beats Fast

**9 Never Leave the Office without It-A Nutcracker, That Is 115
** Corner Office Instinct 9: Use the World Outside Your Office as Your Muse

**10 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace and Possibly Your Career 129
** Corner Office Instinct 10: Find Your Voice and Never Take It for Granted

**11 Working the Room Is Not Just for Politicians 147
** Corner Office Instinct 11: Be Seen, Be Heard, and Be Approachable

**12 Sometimes You Have to Face the Firing Squad- Sometimes You Are the Firing Squad 161
** Corner Office Instinct 12: Always Remain Objective When Evaluating Talent

**13 Oops, and Other Important Words to Lead By 181
** Corner Office Instinct 13: Have the Confidence to Admit Your Mistakes and to Ask Others for Help

**14 If They Give It, Take It: Take All of It 197
** Corner Office Instinct 14: Recharging and Reenergizing Is a Requirement

**15 Honey, When Did We Have a Third Child? 213
** Corner Office Instinct 15: Make Your Personal Life a Priority

Index 225