Efnisyfirlit

• About the authors
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction: The threat and promise of CEO salvation
• 1. Welcome to the CEO society
• Life exaggerates art
• The CEO as a hero of our times
• Corporate values/social values
• Executising society
• Democracy and the CEO way of life
• 2. The idolisation of the CEO
• Curse of the CEO
• Executive history
• The paradox of authority
• CEO idol
• Becoming master of the universe
• Trickle-down empowerment
• 3. Competing in the executive economy
• The small world of the CEO economy
• Executive power
• Ideal fantasies and anxious realities
• The CEO fantasy
• The freedom to execute
• From rags to CEO riches
• Celebrating the executive economy
• 4. The CEO politician
• The convergence of political and corporate leadership
• The political leader as CEO
• Leading the economy
• The CEO politician and the executisation of democratic leadership
• The new business of political leadership
• 5. The CEO as a model for living
• The executive existence
• Facing an executive crisis
• Increasing the value of your life
• Achieving an executive balance
• Unleashing the executive within
• Executive duty
• Personal development
• 6. The generous CEO?
• The rising social stock of the CEO
• Corporate social responsibility
• The giving pledge
• Responsible CEOs, irresponsible corporations
• The CEO autocrat
• Political CSR
• The CEO as the model of generosity
• 7. The bad faith of CEO salvation
• The threat of executive freedom
• A complete CEO takeover?
• Brand CEO
• Bad faith
• Afterword: The high cost of the CEO society
• Notes
• Index