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Title: Testosterone Inc.: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild by Christopher M. Byron ISBN: 0-471-42005-0 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 16 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: So Funny You Might Not Be Able To Breath
Comment: So funny that you might not be able to breath - unless you are one of the many CEO's described in the book! But who can say. Maybe they can laugh at themselves, maybe not.
I am reading a number of books at the moment and just received five new books from Amazon.com including this book. Needless to say, I dropped everything and read this book. It is simply a very funny and enjoyable book 375 pages long, but in large to medium font so you can read it in one or two evenings. Do not be put off or fooled by the book jacket that has an amateurish yellow photo and a girl in a short skirt. This is a well-researched and well-written book.
I read Martha Inc. by the same author Christopher Byron and thought it was a solid well-written book, that rang true, had a lot of research and interviews and was a page turner to read. He is a writer for the New York Post and very skilled as a writer. This book is a bit faster read and a bit lighter, and it jumps around to cover a variety of famous CEO's. I have just finished reading a series of longer books including "Stalin" by Montefiore plus some others and interestingly here Byron uses the same literary techniques as does Montefiore in his large and serious biography of Stalin. What he does is first look at many public sources on the CEO's, then he does interviews (90) to try and piece everything together and give context plus add new information, then he inserts black and white photographs into the book as we proceed, such as photos of Dennis and Karen Kozlowski, Ron Perelman's fourth wife Jack Welch together with Suzy Wetlaufer, etc. It makes it all very entertaining and a compelling light read.
There are many things that stick out in the book and I will not repeat those here, but in one case he compares different versions (hard cover and soft cover) of "Straight From the Gut" by Jack Welch and the author points out how the "soul mate" has changed in the book, and how the credit for Jack's second wife Jane was reduced from some fraction of a chapter in the first hard cover edition to one or two line in the soft cover version a few years later. But the accolades in one book are transferred to a new woman in the second version. It is amazing how one man's biography can quickly and retroactively change!
There are too many stories to repeat here but it is all very entertaining. The men come of as out of control classless fools, but in some cases they are aided and abetted by some wily or equally foolish women.
I am giving it 4 stars because of the humorous nature of the book, and light read. Strongly recommend and very funny.
Jack in Toronto
Rating: 5
Summary: Bravo
Comment: Bravo to Chris Byron for finally telling the real story of these celebrity CEOs. The pillars that we placed these men on is chipping away and it is about time someone gave us another voice. Jack Welch and the men of GE should be ashamed of themselves. I found this book both entertaining and downright stunning at the same time. Read this book--you'll be shocked!
Rating: 4
Summary: A lesson in what NOT to do as a CEO!
Comment: This book has an important message for all women who aspire to the corner office, and those who already sit there: You still have a chance to make a difference by NOT taking lessons in management and leadership from "CEOs Gone Wild." Stay in control of your own destiny by having a clear understanding of who you are, what you have accomplished (or want to accomplish), and what strengths as well as weaknesses you possess. And don't forget to remember the many wonderful folks who show up every day at work and who put their hearts and souls into making the company strong. YOU represent them as well as the stockholders! Public image can make or break a company, and it can make or break YOU as its CEO. If you strive to be an "Icon," keep in mind that someone may write your story one day. What do YOU want it to say? (Reviewed by Marion E. Gold - author of the "Personal Publicity Planner: A Guide to Marketing YOU" and "TOP COPS: Profiles of Women in Command).
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Title: Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind ISBN: 1591840082 Publisher: Portfolio Pub. Date: 13 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Hollywood Animal : A Memoir by JOE ESZTERHAS ISBN: 0375413553 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Ugly Americans : The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions by Ben Mezrich ISBN: 006057500X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Fools Rush In : Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner by Nina Munk ISBN: 0060540346 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing by Roger Lowenstein ISBN: 1594200033 Publisher: The Penguin Press Pub. Date: 22 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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