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Foreword by Prof. Dr. Peter May
The Unexpected Outcome of a Trip to Peru
What Goes Up Must Come Down? A Look at the Fortune 500
1 A Compelling Vision (or the Pitfalls of Ambition?)
“We Don’t Need a Vision—Just Reliable Delivery!”
On Eagles Flying through Circus Tents
Why Striving for Increased Market Share Is Not a Vision
Anything Is Better than Bullshit Bingo
2 Talent before Seniority (or the Creeping Danger of Mediocrity?)
What Happens When the Prince Automatically Becomes King?
Dilettantism, Disinterest, and Delegation
Rule Number 1: No Compromises!
Prognosis, Not Potential
A Stress Test for Key Aspects of Your Human Resources Policy
3 Achieving Results through Others (or the Case of the Leader-Sham?)
On Rock and Roll Women and Jars of Honey
Personal Responsibility: The Last Table
Beyond Delegation: Pull Leadership
Complete Leadership: More Than a Question of Style
1:10 or 1:10,000? Leadership ≠ Leadership
A Stress Test for Leadership
4 Fair Play (or Just Pretending?)
Sweet Talk, Empty Promises?
Undercover Investigation, Bottom-up!
It Might Be Legal, but Is It Legitimate?
Different Countries, Different Values
A Stress Test for Your Values—and Those of Your Company
5 Tackling the Real Opponent (or Are You Taking Your Eye off the Ball?)
When Alphas Collide
When Patriarchs Are Blind to the Future
When the Problem Is in the System
Don’t Underestimate the Power of Underestimation!
The Focused Organization
A Stress Test for Your Effectiveness
6 A Farsighted M&A Strategy (or a License to Lose a Fortune?)
The Usual Merger Mania—and a Positive Example
A Master Plan—or All Based on Hope?
Rational? You Must Be Joking!
The Best of All Worlds—or The Tyranny of the Victor?
A Stress Test for Your M&A Planning
7 Sound Judgment? (Look Who’s Telling the Story!)
In the Hall of Mirrors of the Executive Suite
The Map Is Not the Territory
“Man Errs as Long as He Doth Strive”
Riots in Berlin! Who Really Is Objective?
A Stress Test for your Judgment
8 Ego Beats Reality (For Whom or for What Am I Doing This?)
Indiana Jones Makes a Hard-Earned Appearance
CEO Today, Gone Tomorrow
On the Drip Feed of Admiration
Sparring Partners, Not Court Toadies
A Stress Test for Your Ego
A Closing Word
Epilogue: A Message from Peru by Dr. Max Hernandez
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
About Our Forewordists
About Our Interview Partners
About the Authors
