Extraordinary Leaders and an Extraordinary Company

How do ordinary people become extraordinary leaders? Stephen H. Baum, an advisor and coach to CEOs for over 20 years discusses the topic. His book is How Jack Welch became JACK WELCH. Then, journalist David Magee explains what propelled Toyota to an amazing 25 year run of success.

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Stephen H. Baum: How Jack Welch Became JACK WELCH We can all learn a lot from the exceptional CEOs and leaders of the world, if we can understand what shaped them into the leaders they are today. Stephen H. Baum has been a coach and advisor to CEOs of major corporations for over two decades. He joins Chris Witting to discuss his new book What Made Jack Welch JACK WELCH: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders. Baum explains the unique ways that great CEOs are formed.
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David Magee: How Toyota Became #1 How does a company become the best in it's field? Obviously, it has to be better than the best. And one company that achieved this feat is Toyota. How did they do it? David Magee, author of How Toyota Became #1, joins us to explain the power of Toyota's corporate culture. It enabled them to become the biggest automaker in the world.
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What Made Jack Welch JACK WELCH? Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job? Based on his interviews with more than two dozen CEOs, Stephen H. Baum reveals the pattern of ten archetypal shaping experiences responsible for the exceptional personal growth of such people.

How Toyota Became #1 Toyota has had an amazing twenty-five-year run, rising from humble Japanese start-up to thriving global giant. But the big puzzle is how Toyota did it while so many other car companies have struggled or failed. Journalist David Magee dug deeply into Toyota’s past and present, and he found that the company’s famous mastery of lean production is only part of the story.

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Stephen H. Baum Stephen H. Baum has been an advisor and coach to CEOs for more than twenty years, first as a partner with Booz Allen & Hamilton, the global consultancy, then as an independent practitioner. As chair of a Vistage Group of business owners and chief executives engaged in peer-to-peer coaching, Mr. Baum’s role is to facilitate confidential exchange of experience, expertise, approaches to decisions, ideas and resources on issues of critical importance to the members. Mr. Baum holds a Bachelor of Science from Princeton University, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has been an instructor, Senior Examiner and site visit team leader for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He is a board member of the Actors Studio Drama School, The American Ballroom Theater Company and of Harvard Community Partners. He has been a Junior Achievement advisor. He is also a jazz pianist. stephenhbaumleadership.com

David Magee David Magee is an award-winning columnist and the non-fiction author of eight books. He is the co-owner of Chattanooga's largest independent bookstore Rock Point Books and the founder of Jefferson Press. Magee writes about issues facing the south in his featured column in the Chattanooga Times Frees. A former newspaper editor, columnist, freelance writer, business owner and small town politician, Magee was named one of Mississippi's top business leaders under the age of 40 in 1998. He decided in 1999 to write full-time; a move he has never regretted. His work has been featured in dozens of national and international publications and he has been a guest on Bloomberg TV, the Discovery Channel, the BBC and Mississippi Public Television. A journalism graduate from the University of Mississippi, Magee now lives on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee with his wife and three children. David's Website