LEADER 02133oam 2200493 450 001 9910782662103321 005 20170523091548.0 010 $a1-282-34143-X 010 $a9786612341434 010 $a0-313-35663-7 035 $a(OCoLC)234236534 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2MFM 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707305 100 $a20080305d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAdvice from the presidents $ethe student's guide to reaching the top in business and politics /$fG. Scott Thomas 205 $a1st. ed. 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2008 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 236 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-313-35662-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index. 327 $aDeciding -- Developing -- Polishing -- Organizing -- Controlling -- Maneuvering -- Succeeding. 330 $aThe 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 c 606 $aExecutive ability 606 $aLeadership 606 $aPresidential candidates 615 0$aExecutive ability. 615 0$aLeadership. 615 0$aPresidential candidates. 676 $a658.4/09 700 $aThomas$b G. Scott$01509364 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782662103321 996 $aAdvice from the presidents$93828706 997 $aUNINA