New Book Review: "The Ideal Executive"
New book review for The Ideal Executive: Why You Cannot Be One and What To Do About It, by Ichak Kalderon Adizes PhD, Adizes Institute, 2004:
Without question, this book is the best on the topic of "management" I've ever read in my entire career. The subtitle of this book, "Why You Cannot Be One and What To Do About It", might be a bit misleading to many readers at first glance. But make no mistake, this subtitle doesn't speak to the failures of a given individual to become an "ideal" executive, but instead the reasons why *nobody* can become an "ideal" executive. What exactly is an "executive", and why does the cover of this book mention "management"? At the outset in chapter 1 ("Barking Up the Wrong Tree"), Adizes immediately differentiates his writing from all others I've ever had a chance to read, immediately setting the reader straight as he sets the stage for not only this book, but the two follow-ups which I've also worked through: "Management / Mismanagement Styles: How to Identify a Style and What To Do About It", and "Leading the Leaders: How To Enrich Your Style of Management and Handle People Whose Style Is Different From Yours".