Leading in the Top Team: The CXO Challenge

Cambridge University Press, 5/1/2008
EAN 9780521856324, ISBN10: 0521856329

Hardcover, 426 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

CXO is the collective name given to that expanding class of corporate executives whose title begins with the word 'chief' and ends with the word 'officer'. Leading in the Top Team explores the leadership contributions required from the CEO, and by chiefs of other key business functions, including finance, marketing, sales, supply chain, manufacturing, IT, R and D, HR, governance, communications and the strategic business unit. Leadership in each of these areas is examined by looking at its history, challenges facing the CXO, how each function needs to work with other key areas, and likely future developments. The focus throughout is to provide practical advice based on the actions and decisions of real leaders in a range of roles and situations. This is an excellent book for giving business leaders, whether current or potential, an overview of the work of leadership and teamwork at the top level of the company.

Figures
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Contributors
Editor's acknowledgments
1. Introduction - leading within and across the functions Preston Bottger and Jean-Louis Barsoux
Part I. The Business Imperatives
2. The leadership imperative - driving wealth creation Preston Bottger
3. The talent imperative - all CXOs must strengthen the company's talent pool Jean-Louis Barsoux and Preston Bottger
4. The learning imperative - going offline to improve performance Jean-Louis Barsoux and Preston Bottger
Part II. The CXOs
Within the Functions
5. The Chief Marketing Officer - creating, delivering and communicating value to customers Dominique Turpin and George Rädler
6. The Chief Sales Officer - sell, sell, sell! Jonathan Lachowitz and Preston Bottger
7. The Chief Supply Chain Officer - designing and managing lean and agile supply chains Carlos Cordón and Kim Sundtoft Hald
8. The Chief Manufacturing Officer - process execution, improvement and design Kim Sundtoft Hald
9. The Chief Financial Officer - a capital position Leif Sjoblom
10. The Chief Technology Officer - corporate navigator, agent of change and entrepreneur Jean-Philippe Deschamps
11. The Chief Information Officer - achieving credibility, relevance and business impact Donald A. Marchand
12. The Chief Human Resources Officer - delivering people who can deliver Preston Bottger and Paul Vanderbroeck
13. The Corporate Governance Officer - from company secretary to manager of governance processes Ulrich Steger and Preston Bottger
14. The Chief Communications Officer - leading strategic communications Gordon Adler
15. The SBU President - perhaps the best job for the CEO-in-training Jonathan Lachowitz and Preston Bottger
16. CXOs and the Line - serving the internal customer Preston Bottger, Paul Vanderbroeck and Jean-Louis Barsoux
Part III. The CEO and the Leadership Team - Pulling it all Together
17. From CXO to CEO - the weight of accountability Jean-Louis Barsoux and Preston Bottger
18. The Chief Executive Officer - orchestrating the whole Peter Lorange
19. Relations among CXOs - competing priorities spell trouble Jean-Louis Barsoux
20. The top team - from executive group to executive team Jean-Philippe Deschamps
Part IV. Conclusion
21. Summary
the CXO challenge - wealth creation by the executive team Preston Bottger and Jean-Louis Barsoux
Index.