Athletic CEOs

Athletic CEOs is [] a must-read for every leader whos facing a challenging transformation in todays chaotic business world. Morten T. Hansen, Professor, University of California Berkeley, USA; coauthor of Great by Choice; author of Great at Work INSEAD Professor Stanislav Shekshnia and colleagues capture the essence of the leadership challenge in turbulent times. Leaders today feel like athletes learning and working 24/7 and pushing to get better every day. Mark C. Thompson, New York Times Bestselling Leadership Author and #1 Growth Coach Athletic CEOs does not describe a leadership model that we most champion these days. [] It puts a different array of leadership tools at our fingertips and even on an ordinary workday, there may be a tool in this kit that meets a need. Whitney Johnson, Thinkers50 Management Thinkers; author of Disrupt Yourself

Stanislav Shekshnia is a professor at INSEAD and senior partner at Ward Howell International. His research concentrates on leadership and governance in emerging markets and organizations. Veronika Zagieva is a director at Ward Howell Talent Equity Institute. Her research focuses on leadership and corporate governance. Alexey Ulanovsky is an associate professor at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, and a consultant at Ward Howell International. He specializes in leadership development and organizational behaviour.

List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Athletic Leadership Explained; 2 The Agenda and Practices of Athletic Leaders; 3 Effectiveness of Athletic Leadership: Outputs and Outcomes; 4 Vitaly Saveliev: Passion and Innovation at the Old Airline; 5 Eugene Kaspersky: Saving the World; 6 Alexander Dyukov: Quiet Transformation of Gazprom Neft; 7 Herman Gref at Sberbank: Entrepreneurship in the Least Likely Place; 8 Athletic Leadership in Other Regions: Roger Agnelli, Dong Mingzhu and Jeff Bezos; 9 Athletic Leadership for Non- Athletes; Appendix: Research Methodology; Index.