Know-How Exchange : Other

Kevin, in Good to Great, one of the books I mentioned (for your other question about companies), there's some fascinating detail about the leaders as individuals and as a group.

I'm curious about your project -- are you going to synthesize the existing research that's out there (such as Collins' work), or are you attempting to do new research entirely?

Joe Gibbs is one of the all time winningest coaches in the NFL, and he has been successful in the Racing circuit as well.

Here's a link to Jack Welch info:

https://www.askmen.com/men/business_politics/45_jack_welch.html

I'll come back to this question

Kevin,

A man from your state, and one of the most well-liked CEOs of all time, Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines.

Here is a great article, wrote by "Herb" (not Mr. Kelleher to him) called "A Culture of Committment".

Pretty much sums it up.

https://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/spring97/kelleher.html

Also a great link with info I think you will find useful:

And more:

https://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hkelleher.html

Good luck!

Also ...

Profiles of leading corporate CEOs, click CEO list on the site:
https://www.surferess.com/CEO/html/a.html

Michael Dell:
https://www1.jp.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/mic...

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Business Leader Votes
Jack Welch, 104
former chairman and CEO, General Electric
Bill Gates, 84
chairman and chief software architect, Microsoft
Michael Dell, 54
chairman and CEO, Dell Computer
Meg Whitman, 32
president and CEO, eBay
Herb Kelleher, 32
former chairman and CEO, Southwest Airlines
Sandy Weill, 21
chairman and CEO, Citigroup
Howard Schultz, 18
chairman and chief strategy officer, Starbucks
Michael Eisner, 10
chairman and CEO, Walt Disney Co.
Ted Turner, 10
vice chairman, AOL Time Warner
Steve Case, 9
chairman, AOL Time Warner
Jeff Bezos, 9
chairman and CEO, Amazon.com
Henry Kravis, 7
managing partner, Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts
Steve Ballmer, 4
CEO, Microsoft
Phil Purcell, 3
chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley
Don Carty, 0
chairman and CEO, AMR (American Airlines)
Jeffrey Immelt, 0
chairman and CEO, General Electric

https://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,514111,00.html

hope this helps you Kevin

Kevin,

here's a good book I read about five years ago and I'm still moved by the level of knowledge contained inside this book. It's solid and excellently written. It gives you a list of the top successful men and women in the speaking industry.

It includes their business philosophies, their strategies, personal characteristics and what separates them from the masses of other people in their field. That covers all of your needs you requested you needed filled.

It's called the "Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars: America's Greatest Speakers Reveal Their Secrets".

This book has the highest customer rating given at Amazon.com which is 5 stars but it's so good that their out of stock.

I've read it front to back at least three times and I'm amazed at the quality of details that it gives about their techniques. Again this answers your question in every category. I know you'll succeed at finding the information you need but remember you get out of it what you put into it. Is there anything I can do for you?

Kevin, one of my personal favorite CEOs is Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com. Young, arrogant, brilliant, visionary, loudmouth. His company is remarkably successful. But you might want to be studying those with a longer track record!

- Shelley