Foreword (Eduardo Salas).

Preface.

The Authors.

Part One: Defining Executive Effectiveness.

1 Deciphering Executive Failures (Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld).

2 What the Best Business Leaders Do Best (Anthony J. Rucci).

3 Understanding the Personality of the Executive (Leslie Pratch, Harry Levinson).

Part Two: Managing Executive Resources.

4 Selecting Leaders at the Top: Exploring theComplexity of Executive Fit (Rob Silzer).

5 Leveraging Executive Teams: What s New (andWhat s Not) in the Strategic Enterprise (Janet L. Spencer, J. Carlos Rivero, David A. Nadler).

6 Coaching Executives: Individual LeaderDevelopment (George P. Hollenbeck).

7 Developing Executives (Val H. Markos).

8 Rewarding Executives (Marianna Makri, Luis Gomez-Mejia).

Part Three: Understanding Executive Perspectives.

9 Finding the Key to the Executive Suite: Challengesfor Women and People of Color (Karen S. Lyness).

10 E-Executives: Leadership Priorities for theNew Economy (D. Douglas McKenna, Robert B. McKenna).

11 Growing Global Executives (John R. Fulkerson).

12 Getting an Executive View: An Interview witha Chief Executive Officer (Lawrence A. Bossidy, Marcia J. Avedon).

Name Index.

Subject Index.