The Three Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders

In Prince's The Three Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders, nationally acclaimed leadership expert and executive coach Ted Prince introduces the breakthrough concept of the "financial signature," a set of personal financial traits that inform every leader's decision making.

Drawing upon his groundbreaking research into the behaviors of more than 130 corporate heads, as well as his two decades as a CEO and member of more than twenty corporate boards, he

• Identifies the relationship between a leader's financial signature and his company's financial and valuation performance, products, market, strategy, and technology
• Using present day leaders including Steve Jobs, Lou Gerstner, Pierre Omidyar, Sam Walton, Bill Gates, and Sandy Weill, Prince identifies different leadership styles
• Case studies illustrate the key role financial signature has played in many of the business world's most sensational successes and failures
• Self-Assessment exercises, give students the opportunity to profile themselves along several different dimensions associated with leaders and the leadership process. These self-assessments provide readers with an opportunity to take a look in the mirror to identify your students' financial signature, understand how it impacts their firm?s financial performance and valuation, and shape strategies to take utmost advantage of their strengths

Preface

Part I : What is Financial Signature
Chapter 1 : The Link Between Financial Traits and Organizational Value
Chapter 2 : How Financial Signature Affects a Leader's Performance
Chapter 3 : Financial Signatures and The Nine Financial Missions
Chapter 4 : The Three Financial Styles

Part II : Financial Signature's Significance to Organizations
Chapter 5 : The Financial Mission's Effect on an Organization
Chapter 6 : Aligning Financial Mission with an Organization
Chapter 7 : How a Financial Mission Evolves
Chapter 8 : Assessing Your Financial Signature
Chapter 9 : Improving Performance

Part III : Financial Signature and Street Value
Chapter 10 : Street Cred  : The Nine Market Value Trajectories
Chapter 11 : Financial Mission and Value Trajectory
Chapter 12 : How Financial Mission Drives Business Strategy

Part IV : Leadership and Market Value
Chapter 13 : A Team's Financial Mission
Chapter 14 : Uncovering a Leader's Financial Signature
Chapter 15 : Achieving The Financial Target

Index