The Suite Spot by John Jeffcock
The Suite Spot is not a single-idea book but rather a compendium of wisdom that has been sourced from hundreds of leading executives over a period of 20 years and has been collated into a portfolio of tools and anecdotes. It will challenge existing thinking while also bringing new ideas to the business world.
The book explains what today’s C-Suite looks like and how it is evolving. It provides unique guidance on how to break into the C-Suite, and then how to be successful in the space through a unique combination of models, case studies, tables and images which illustrate the key points in a practical and meaningful way.
Contents:
- Today’s C-Suite and How it is Evolving
- The CXO Method & Glass Doors
- Career Planning & Strategies
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- World-Class & Future C-Suites
- C-Suite Musical Chairs
REACHING, LEADING AND DELIVERING THE C-SUITE
Hear author John Jeffcock, CEO of Winmark, introduce The CXO Method and outline the key themes of The Suite Spot which will help you plan and develop your leadership career.
About the author
John Jeffcock is Chief Executive of the award winning C-Suite network business Winmark. He has an MBA, sits on five educational boards and his external work focuses on social mobility. Now as CEO of Winmark he has oversight of 16 C-Suite networks, with 700 multinationals, across 18 countries, including the world leading Chief Sustainability Officer network.
John is a former infantry Captain in the British Army, decorated for distinguished service, first Gulf War, and he later ran the Northern Cordon around Sarajevo for the UN, during the war in Bosnia. Since then has written two books of war poetry, proceeds from both going to injured soldier charities.
Sir James Wates CBE, Chairman, Wates Group and BRE (Building Research Establishment) Trust
“The Suite Spot is a delightful tour through governance and leadership models around the world, revealing not just what they teach you in business school, but the reality and peculiarities of what actually goes on in the foreign land called the C-Suite. This engaging and compelling account is a must-read for aspiring CXOs and a useful reminder that the most well-worn path to the top is not the only one.”
Dame Mary Marsh, Non-Executive Director, HSBC Bank plc
“There are echoes of some of my own experiences in C-suite roles and on Boards across sectors throughout this insightful book. I recommend it for every stage of your life journey as you build towards, move into and seek to achieve in C-Suite and non-executive board roles. It includes a powerful source of advice, provided to provoke challenge and reflection as you progress. This rightly emphasises the importance of actively building up a wide range of capabilities and experience in a diversity of contexts, with ‘integrity and courage’, fuelled by ‘aligned passion’. “
