Staying Power - 30 Secrets Invincible Executives Use for Getting to the Top And Staying There | Staying Power : 30 Secrets Invincible Executives Use for Getting to the Top

THOMAS A. SCHWEICH

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 Schweich, Thomas A., 1960-        Staying power : 30 secrets invincible executives use for getting to the top—and    staying there / Thomas A. Schweich.              p. cm.        Includes index.

ISBN 0-07-139517-2

1. Executive ability. 2. Leadership. 3. Management. I. Title.

HD38.25.U6S39 2003

658.4'09—dc21 2003041986

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To my wife, Kathy, and my children, Emilie and Thomas Jr.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my editor, Judith McCarthy, for her skill, encouragement, and enthusiasm. She is a true professional, and I have very much enjoyed working with her on my past two book projects. My agent, Wendy Sherman, has become one of my most trusted advisers, not only in my writing, but in life generally. My wife and family have been wonderful supporters—letting me toil away in my home office without interruption and with genuine support and excitement.

I would also like to thank the dozens of people who took time out to help me with the material for this book. It is my first book that required a lot of outside assistance. Thanks to my partners and associates at Bryan Cave who helped me line up interviews, including Chairman Walter L. Metcalfe Jr., Senator John C. Danforth, and Edward L. Dowd Jr. Thanks to my assistants Colleen Kashif and Alesia Carter for arranging the complex logistics of the interviews, typing up interview reports, and assisting me with the final edits to the book.

And thanks especially to the top leaders who took time out from their busy schedules to talk to me about their views on success. They are

Douglas G. Bain	Richard R. Bell
Andrew N. "Drew" Baur	Norma B. Clayton
Adam Clymer	Thomas J. "Tom" O'Neill
Sheryl Crow	James F. "Jim" Parker
John C. "Jack" Danforth	Admiral Joseph Prueher
Robert J. "Bob" Dole	Janet Reno
Edward L. "Ed" Dowd Jr.	Dave G. Ruf Jr.
Patrick J. "Pat" Finneran	Joseph Ryan
Samuel "Sam" Fox	Lt. Gen. John B. Sams Jr.
Ronald J. Gafford	Jack Schmitt
Richard A. Gephardt	Bruno Schmitter
Joel Gotler	Michael M. "Mike" Sears
Earl G. Graves	William "Bill" Shaw
Thomas M. "Tom" Gunn	Gina Shock
Juanita H. Hinshaw	Alan K. Simpson
Dr. Joshua Korzenik	Barrett A. Toan
Stephen K. Lambright	Hendrik A. Verfaillie
Christopher Lloyd	William "Bill" Winter
J. W. "Bill" Marriott Jr.