Extreme CEO: Leadership Tips From an Interim CEO ​

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Secrets from the Top: an Interim CEO Shares His Strategies A business insider’s guide to Interim Leadership holds lessons for anyone taking the wheel. There’s nearly nothing as disruptive as a CEO’s sudden departure from an organization. Whatever the reason, it can have broad-reaching effects that ripple through all levels. It’s critical to fill that power vacuum with someone qualified for the job. Often, that means an interim executive, a breed of leaders unto themselves: highly skilled, with keen emotional intelligence, an appetite for adventure, and the ability to parachute in and hit the ground leading. Inserted into a shaken company, they must gain trust, respect, and knowledge, make the best decisions and take action — all within a highly compressed timeframe. Whether there to maintain stability, manage change, or helm a turnaround, they’re parts manager, figurehead, and Navy Seal.  The Outside the Box Executive (http://goo.gl/hx2PXH), a new book by seasoned Interim CEO Richard Lindenmuth, is an insider’s guide to the secrets of  this fascinating and unique position. Based on Lindenmuth’s more than three decades as a successsful interim CEO, helming companies from ITT to Styrotek, it combines engaging, first-hand stories with invaluable tips on effective leading under pressure.  Lindenmuth sheds light on the most important component of any company in transition: its people, and shows how to gain their respect, trust and engage-ment. Leading without cooperation won’t work, he writes, success depends on creating a shared vision for the company that all can invest. He provides sensitive but clear guidance on making those tough choices as well. The Outside the Box Executive is a book for anyone in a leadership role, whether in the C-suite or not. Covering all facets of leading and management, from active listening to successful meetings to dealing with entrenched VPs, to how to forge effective strategies, it’s a must-read.  Viewers will also learn: The key qualities that distinguish top interim leaders. The role of strategic empathy in Interim leadership. The four critical functions every Interim leader needs to have. Why it’s not domain knowledge that’s most critical to interim executives. Why failure is actually part of success. Richard Lindenmuth has been an Interim CEO in a number of industries, with business models ranging from high technology and services to heavy- and basic-industries. He has 30+ years general management experience in domestic and international operations, and is noted for his comprehensive execution skills in both high-growth and distressed environments. Lindenmuth is Chairman of the Association of Interim Executives (http://goo.gl/T6wykN) and author of The Outside the Box Executive (http://goo.gl/hx2PXH).