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The Catalyst CEO
- Narrator
- Michael Butler Murray
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Publish Date
- 22 September 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In The Catalyst CEO, veteran leadership advisor Constantine G. Alexandrakis delivers an insider’s guide to leading systemic change across complex organizations. Drawing on decades of experience advising world-leading companies, he challenges the cult of the hero CEO and offers a powerful new paradigm on what it truly takes to make business transformation happen―and stick.
Through real-world stories of CEOs globally who have successfully transformed their organizations, Alexandrakis reveals why even brilliant visions and strategies fail if they're not owned, led, and executed by the right teams.
You'll learn how to turn your board, executive team, and leaders into force multipliers―creating the conditions required for transformation to scale and endure. Inside the book:
- A complete blueprint for establishing a clear and compelling case for transformation, creating urgency that people understand, believe, and act on.
- Specific strategies to catalyze boards and senior leadership teams as active partners in transformation.
- How to build and lead a senior leadership team capable of executing transformation, balancing capability, trust, and constructive challenge, so change is sustained at scale.
- Real-world insights into how CEOs recognize and respond to organizational resistance, course-correct when plans go off track, and keep teams engaged under pressure.
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Details
- Author
- Constantine G. Alexandrakis
- Narrator
- Michael Butler Murray
- Duration
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 September 2026
- ISBN
- 9781663760562
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Genre
- Organizational theory and behaviour, Management and management techniques
Synopsis
In The Catalyst CEO, veteran leadership advisor Constantine G. Alexandrakis delivers an insider’s guide to leading systemic change across complex organizations. Drawing on decades of experience advising world-leading companies, he challenges the cult of the hero CEO and offers a powerful new paradigm on what it truly takes to make business transformation happen―and stick.Through real-world stories of CEOs globally who have successfully transformed their organizations, Alexandrakis reveals why even brilliant visions and strategies fail if they're not owned, led, and executed by the right teams.You'll learn how to turn your board, executive team, and leaders into force multipliers―creating the conditions required for transformation to scale and endure. Inside the book:A complete blueprint for establishing a clear and compelling case for transformation, creating urgency that people understand, believe, and act on.Specific strategies to catalyze boards and senior leadership teams as active partners in transformation.How to build and lead a senior leadership team capable of executing transformation, balancing capability, trust, and constructive challenge, so change is sustained at scale.Real-world insights into how CEOs recognize and respond to organizational resistance, course-correct when plans go off track, and keep teams engaged under pressure.
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