Complete CEO: The Executive's Guide to Consistent Peak Performance »

Mark Thomas (London, UK) leads the Strategy and Marketing practice at PA Consulting Group, a leading management, systems, and technology consulting firm.

Gary Miles (Malaga, Spain) is an expert in the use of technology to drive business performance. He formerly operated the Information Systems Group at PA Consulting Group.

Peter Fisk (Teddington, Middlesex, UK) is a strategist and marketer who has worked with and consulted for some of the world’s leading brands. He formerly led the marketing team at PA Consulting Group.

PRAISE FOR THE COMPLEE CEO.

"This book is helpful to any CEO, or indeed any business manager, who wants to deliver sustained high performance." - Jim Nicol, CEO, Tomkins PLC

"As CEO of a newly floated business, I have found The Complete CEO to give extremely helpful focus, as well as practical tools." - Heikki Sirviö, CEO, Kemira Growhow

"The Complete CEO is a fascinating book. While it won't turn the average CEO into Warren Buffett, it does contain a wealth of uncommon, common sense wisdom, which will take him or her a number of steps in his direction." - James O'loughlin, Author, The Real Warren Buffett

"I believe that the High Performance Model described in this book will be of value to any business leader - but especially to one new in post, or one who has good reason to introduce change." - Sten Scheibye, CEO, Coloplast

"The complete CEO is the first book I have read which stitches together an explanation of what a business must achieve with a description of the actions a CEO can take to make this happen." - Tim Parker, CEO, The AA

"The book is clearly written and full of user-friendly management tools. What makes it different from the rest of the management literature available today is that it can also guide a CEO of an international company doing business outside of the Anglo-Saxon business context, as the rules and guidance contained in it are intelligently generalized and universally applicable." - Zdenek Bakala, Co-Owner, OKD Group and Founder and Former Managing Director, Patria Finance

"The High Performance Model at the core of the book, moves from a clear and insightful discussion of what drives the creation and maintenance of a winning business model into a decomposition of the role of the CEO. The authors have worked with a number of highly successful CEOs and former CEOS to understand the essence of their success, and the actions they have taken day-to-day to drive it; and the result is a practical, easy-to-understand guide." - From the Foreword by Ben Verwaayen, CEO, BT PLC

Soundview Executive Book Summaries

The complete CEO is multitalented. He or she sets the tone, chooses the right people and establishes the corporate agenda. Together, Thomas, Miles and Fisk have explored and defined the role of CEO. They answer the questions "what does a CEO do and what should a CEO do?" The Complete CEO: The Executive s Guide to Consistent Peak Performance is organized around four levels of the CEO s role: fundamentals, concepts, challenges and tools. Copyright © 2006 Soundview Executive Book Summaries