LEADER 02382oam 2200601 a 450 001 9910969068703321 005 20250204111958.0 010 $a9798400607295 010 $a9786612341434 010 $a9781282341432 010 $a128234143X 010 $a9780313356636 010 $a0313356637 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400607295 035 $a(OCoLC)234236534 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2MFM 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC492416 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400607295BC 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707305 035 $a(MiFhGG)9780313356636 035 $a(Perlego)4168779 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707305 100 $a20240214e20082024 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 $a1st. ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 236 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 08$a9780313356629 311 08$a0313356629 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references 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 $aLeadership 615 0$aExecutive ability. 615 0$aLeadership. 676 $a658.4/09 700 $aThomas$b G. Scott$01794731 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969068703321 996 $aAdvice from the presidents$94355128 997 $aUNINA