1.6. An Important Suggestion for You to Consider
My suggestion is that you begin by looking at the kinds of literature and sources leaders use to keep themselves informed. The following is a list of publications that CEOs tell me they routinely review:
- Harvard Business Review
- Forbes
- Sloan Management Review
- Fortune
- Barron's
- Wall Street Journal (every day)
- Jack Welch's writings and books
- Berkshire Hathaway's annual report (any year)
- Directors and Boards
- BoardRoom
- Executive Book Summaries (monthly summaries of new business books)
When I've queried CEOs and other leaders about the most important business writers and thinkers, those they pay attention to, these are the names that crop up every time:
- Peter Drucker
- John Kotter (professor, Harvard)
- Warren Bennis ...
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