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Summary: Unbelievable but true
Review: It's about time someone got the goods on these pigs in suits. Byron nails them, and he also has a very funny way of telling their stories. Of course, I'd be laughing harder if it weren't so egregiously out of hand. I just read somewhere that Perelman (just as an example) is on, what, his fourth wife? Amazingly, as Byron points out, even one divorce used to be an indication of unfitness for leadership in a corporation. There's one rule that no longer applies! You'll be amazed by the behind-the-scenes stuff Byron has dug up for this book.
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Summary: A Must Read -
Review: It's about time! I found this book to be the proverbial page turner. Hysterically funny at times, yet equally disturbing. Many of the stories and accompanying facts within, I've never seen reported elsewhere. They certainly deserve to be out there and examined for all to see. The truth eventually "outs" itself. If ever there was a book to make Corporate America sit and take a long hard look at their chosen heroes of the 1980's and 1990's, it's "Testosterone, Inc". If this book doesn't make a case for that, not much else will. No wonder men such as Jack Welch don't want this book out there for all to read. The third Mrs. Welch is obviously just as lacking in ethics and decency as her new husband. It's a perfect match. What I want to know is... when's the movie?
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Summary: This book is a scream!!!
Review: So funny that you might not be able to breath - unless you are one of the many CEO's described in the book! But who can say. Maybe they can laugh at themselves, maybe not.
I am reading a number of books at the moment and just received five new books from Amazon.com including this book. Needless to say, I dropped everything and read this book. It is simply a very funny and enjoyable book 375 pages long, but in large to medium font so you can read it in one or two evenings. Do not be put off or fooled by the book jacket that has an amateurish yellow photo and a girl in a short skirt. This is a well-researched and well-written book.
I read Martha Inc. by the same author Christopher Byron and thought it was a solid well-written book, that rang true, had a lot of research and interviews and was a page turner to read. He is a writer for the New York Post and very skilled as a writer. This book is a bit faster read and a bit lighter, and it jumps around to cover a variety of famous CEO's. I have just finished reading a series of longer books including "Stalin" by Montefiore plus some others and interestingly here Byron uses the same literary techniques as does Montefiore in his large and serious biography of Stalin. What he does is first look at many public sources on the CEO's, then he does interviews (90) to try and piece everything together and give context plus add new information, then he inserts black and white photographs into the book as we proceed, such as photos of Dennis and Karen Kozlowski, Ron Perelman's fourth wife Jack Welch together with Suzy Wetlaufer, etc. It makes it all very entertaining and a compelling light read.
There are many things that stick out in the book and I will not repeat those here, but in one case he compares different versions (hard cover and soft cover) of "Straight From the Gut" by Jack Welch and the author points out how the "soul mate" has changed in the book, and how the credit for Jack's second wife Jane was reduced from some fraction of a chapter in the first hard cover edition to one or two lines in the soft cover version a few years later. But the accolades in one book are transferred to a new woman in the second version. It is amazing how one man's biography can quickly and retroactively change!
There are too many stories to repeat here but it is all very entertaining. The men come of as out of control classless fools, but in some cases they are aided and abetted by some wily or equally foolish women.
I am giving it 4 stars because of the humorous nature of the book, and light read. Strongly recommend and very funny.
Jack in Toronto
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Summary: So Funny You Might Not Be Able To Breath
Review: So funny that you might not be able to breath - unless you are one of the many CEO's described in the book! But who can say. Maybe they can laugh at themselves, maybe not.I am reading a number of books at the moment and just received five new books from Amazon.com including this book. Needless to say, I dropped everything and read this book. It is simply a very funny and enjoyable book 375 pages long, but in large to medium font so you can read it in one or two evenings. Do not be put off or fooled by the book jacket that has an amateurish yellow photo and a girl in a short skirt. This is a well-researched and well-written book. I read Martha Inc. by the same author Christopher Byron and thought it was a solid well-written book, that rang true, had a lot of research and interviews and was a page turner to read. He is a writer for the New York Post and very skilled as a writer. This book is a bit faster read and a bit lighter, and it jumps around to cover a variety of famous CEO's. I have just finished reading a series of longer books including "Stalin" by Montefiore plus some others and interestingly here Byron uses the same literary techniques as does Montefiore in his large and serious biography of Stalin. What he does is first look at many public sources on the CEO's, then he does interviews (90) to try and piece everything together and give context plus add new information, then he inserts black and white photographs into the book as we proceed, such as photos of Dennis and Karen Kozlowski, Ron Perelman's fourth wife Jack Welch together with Suzy Wetlaufer, etc. It makes it all very entertaining and a compelling light read. There are many things that stick out in the book and I will not repeat those here, but in one case he compares different versions (hard cover and soft cover) of "Straight From the Gut" by Jack Welch and the author points out how the "soul mate" has changed in the book, and how the credit for Jack's second wife Jane was reduced from some fraction of a chapter in the first hard cover edition to one or two line in the soft cover version a few years later. But the accolades in one book are transferred to a new woman in the second version. It is amazing how one man's biography can quickly and retroactively change! There are too many stories to repeat here but it is all very entertaining. The men come of as out of control classless fools, but in some cases they are aided and abetted by some wily or equally foolish women. I am giving it 4 stars because of the humorous nature of the book, and light read. Strongly recommend and very funny. Jack in Toronto
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Summary: A lesson in what NOT to do as a CEO!
Review: This book has an important message for all women who aspire to the corner office, and those who already sit there: You still have a chance to make a difference by NOT taking lessons in management and leadership from "CEOs Gone Wild." Stay in control of your own destiny by having a clear understanding of who you are, what you have accomplished (or want to accomplish), and what strengths as well as weaknesses you possess. And don't forget to remember the many wonderful folks who show up every day at work and who put their hearts and souls into making the company strong. YOU represent them as well as the stockholders! Public image can make or break a company, and it can make or break YOU as its CEO. If you strive to be an "Icon," keep in mind that someone may write your story one day. What do YOU want it to say? (Reviewed by Marion E. Gold - author of the "Personal Publicity Planner: A Guide to Marketing YOU" and "TOP COPS: Profiles of Women in Command).
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Summary: an entertaining little hissy fit
Review: This was an entertaining little hissy fit on the part of the author. I have never read, even in college texts a book with such lengthy footnotes. Sometimes I felt like I was reading two different books on the same page. I finally gave up reading the footnotes, and that made for a very fast read. This book is about 75% trash Jack Welch, 25% trash everyone else. I'd like to have learned what ultimately became of Al Dunlop, the most loathsome of the bunch. No cancer or raging impotence stories to cheer us up? This is the kind of book to take to the beach to read, but you might want to put a different jacket on it so no one knows of your guilty pleasure.
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