02382oam 2200601 a 450 991096906870332120250204111958.0979840060729597866123414349781282341432128234143X9780313356636031335663710.5040/9798400607295(OCoLC)234236534(MiFhGG)GVRL2MFM(MiAaPQ)EBC492416(DLC)BP9798400607295BC(CKB)1000000000707305(MiFhGG)9780313356636(Perlego)4168779(EXLCZ)99100000000070730520240214e20082024 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrAdvice from the presidents the student's guide to reaching the top in business and politics /G. Scott Thomas1st. ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2008.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (xxv, 236 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based on print version record.9780313356629 0313356629 Includes bibliographical references and index.Deciding -- Developing -- Polishing -- Organizing -- Controlling -- Maneuvering -- Succeeding.The same skills and strategies can propel an aspiring executive to the top of any organization, be it the Podunk High School Student Council, the Acme Xylophone Corporation, or the government of the United States of America. The student council president may be an unpaid volunteer, and the Acme CEO may bark out orders in an office that is rectangular, not oval. But the paths that lead to those positions are remarkably similar to the trail that ends so gloriously at the front door of the White House. Author G. Scott Thomas spent two years examining the lives of nearly two hundred presidential cExecutive abilityLeadershipExecutive ability.Leadership.658.4/09Thomas G. Scott1794731DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910969068703321Advice from the presidents4355128UNINA