A CEO for All Seasons: Mastering the Cycles of Leadership

 
　　麥肯錫顧問團隊與暢銷書《麥肯錫認證的執行長思維》作者群，憑藉廣泛而深厚的商業人脈與龐大的數據資料庫，從全球數以千計的執行長中，嚴格篩選出兩百位最卓越的領導者，將他們寶貴的人生經驗與成功法則精煉成這本領導經典。
 
　　本書深入剖析這些卓越領導者的職涯歷程，揭示成為頂尖CEO的過程猶如攀登世界最高峰，不僅要戰勝重重挑戰，更需在不同階段靈活調整策略。這些必經的關鍵領導階段涵蓋從「備戰上任」到「強勢開局」，再到「持續領先」，最終打造屬於自己的「長青傳奇」。
 
　　經典領導範例橫跨多元產業，包括戴爾科技創辦人麥克·戴爾（Michael Dell）、默克藥廠前董事長兼執行長肯尼斯·弗雷澤（Ken Frazier）、摩根士丹利前CEO詹姆斯·戈爾曼（James Gorman）、黑石集團聯合創始人兼執行長史蒂夫·施瓦茨曼（Steve Schwarzman），以及艾司摩爾前總裁兼執行長彼得·溫寧克（Peter Wennink）等人。本書剖析領導者最常面臨的思維盲點與致命陷阱，並集結跨產業、經高壓驗證過的成功秘訣，是任何想領導團隊締造卓越績效的管理者，架上必備的行動指南。(文/博客來編譯)
 
各界好評推薦：
　　「本書為領導者提供寶貴資源，匯聚工具、洞見與觀點，幫助打造明晰願景、剔除干擾，並支持團隊迅速且專注地執行任務。」——超微董事長兼執行長蘇姿丰
 
　　「這是一堂高效CEO的速成課，集合當代一流執行長的深刻洞見，易讀且實用，是通往卓越領導的必備指南。」——《逆思維》（Think Again）作者亞當‧格蘭特（Adam Grant）

"A CRASH COURSE IN HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CEO." --Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential and host of the podcast Re:Thinking

From leading global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the minds behind the New York Times bestseller CEO Excellence comes a compact, insight-packed guide to navigating the distinct phases of leadership that every CEO must pass through on their way to mastery.

In the high-stakes world of corporate leadership, becoming a Fortune 500 CEO is an Everest-like ascent - with only the savviest managing to avoid falling off the mountain. In A CEO for All Seasons you'll find an essential climbing route that will take you through every stage. Featured in this tip-dense guide is wisdom from some of the world's most iconic leaders, including Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman, Chevron's Mike Wirth, Merck's Ken Frazier, Nasdaq's Adena Friedman, ASML's Peter Wennink, Morgan Stanley's James Gorman, and Dell Technologies' Michael Dell.

Unique in applying a number of sophisticated metrics to isolate the world's top 200 CEOs, reduce them to a representative sample, and then reap their wisdom, the McKinsey team, in A CEO for All Seasons, spotlights the specific stage-based hurdles that CEOs face. From preparing for the role (stepping up) to leading with impact (starting strong) to sustaining momentum (staying ahead) to fortifying a lasting legacy (sending it forward), the book leaves no segment of the journey unmapped. Along the way, it offers proven strategies for maintaining forward progress and, crucially, alerts readers to common blind spots, as revealed by a detailed survey of thousands of executives.

Whether you're an aspiring leader or a new-to-the-job CEO - or even a board member wanting to better steward your company's performance - this is the compact, hands-on guide you've needed. Its compendium of pressure-tested tips is a must-have game changer for leaders at all levels.

Carolyn founded and coleads McKinsey's CEO and board excellence work, coaching many Fortune 100 CEOs to maximize their effectiveness in the role, including business aspiration-setting and roadmap, culture shifts to unlock performance, top-team effectiveness, managing external stakeholders, board engagement, and resetting their own personal operating model. She also works extensively with clients to drive organizational effectiveness at pivotal moments-such as merger, strategic shift, and crisis-and lead large-scale performance improvement programs integrating strategic, operational, and cultural initiatives.

Carolyn is a Canadian and British citizen, and currently lives in San Francisco with her two children and husband. She is a board trustee of Bay Area Discovery Museum and has a Master's degree in economics and international relations from University of St Andrews, Scotland.


Scott coleads McKinsey's CEO and board excellence work on behalf of the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice. He spends the vast majority of his time serving Fortune 100 CEOs and top teams in leading enterprise-wide, multiyear change programs, often also playing a direct coaching role to CEOs during their transitions and beyond.

Scott is the cofounder and lead faculty member of McKinsey's Change Leaders Forum and Executive Transitions Master Class, is a featured speaker at multiple CEO and senior executive roundtable events including at the World Economic Forum, and is also a guest lecturer at the USC's Marshall School of Business and University of Dublin's Trinity Business School.

Scott has authored seven books in the field of organization effectiveness, including his two most recent: Leading Organizations: Ten Timeless Truths, coauthored with Mary Meaney, and Beyond Performance 2.0: A Proven Approach to Leading Large-Scale Change, coauthored with Bill Schaninger. He has also written numerous articles that have been featured in the McKinsey Quarterly and Harvard Business Review.

He is also the founder and leader of a global affinity group for parents of special-needs children.

Vik Malhotra is McKinsey's Chairman of the Americas. He holds key internal leadership roles.
In the past, Vik has led McKinsey's Northeast Office (New York, Boston, & Stamford) the East Coast Financial Institutions Practice, North American Life Insurance Practice, the North American Personal Financial Services Practice, and co-led the Emerging Markets Financial Institutions Practice.

Vik joined the firm in 1986 and has spent his career in the New York Office. During his time at McKinsey, Vik has served major financial institutions focused on wholesale banking, asset management, private banking, and retail banking. His consulting experience has covered a broad range of assignments on corporate strategy, business unit strategy, growth strategies, performance transformation, organizational design, operational improvement, and business process offshoring.