In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders Of The Twentieth Century

FromlittleknownheroestolegendslikeSamWaltonandBillGates,thisabsorbingbookweaveshistory,economics,andpersonalitytorevealthesecretsbehindthesuccessofthelastcentury’sgreatestAmericanbusinessleaders.Theauthorsshowthatakeytosuccesswas“contextualintelligence”:theabilityto“read”andunderstandthecontextofthetimesandseizetheuniqueopportunitieswithinthem.PowerfulResource:canonofthe20thcentury’sgreatestbusinessleadersinonevolumeAbsorbingread:thestoriesincludebothwellknownandunfamiliarleadersNewLeadershipTheory:manyleadershipprofilesfocusonpersonalitytraits;theauthors’theoryof“contextualintelligence”representsafreshperspectiveWell-researched:basedonaHarvardBusinessSchoolLeadershipInitiativeStudyof1,000greatCEOsandFoundersofAmericancompaniesfrom1900-1999Manyoftheleadersprofiledhailfromnon-UScountriesFascinatingstoriesofthegreatestAmericanbusinessleadersofthe20thcenturybroughttogetherinasinglevolume.FromlittleknownheroestolegendslikeSamWaltonandBillGates,thisabsorbingbookweaveshistory,economicsandpersonalitytorevealthesecretsbehindthesuccessofthelastcentury’sgreatestAmericanbusinessleaders.Theauthorsshowthatakeytosuccesswas“contextualintelligence”:theabilityto“read”andunderstandthecontextofthetimesandseizetheuniqueopportunitieswithinthem.