About Getting to the Top

Based on the Getting to the Top career development programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Management, and London Business School, the book Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success presents real-world executive advice needed to be successful as:

VP Marketing	VP Product Management/Product Marketing
VP Brand Management	VP Public Relations and Corporate Communications
VP Sales	VP Strategic Alliances and Channels
VP Business Development	VP Corporate Development/Corporate Strategy
CEO

Getting to the Top includes career path and leadership skill quotes from C- and VP-level executives from a who's who list of companies, including:

Adobe	Amgen	Avaya	Cisco
Clorox	eBay	eHarmony	Fujitsu
i2	Intuit	Mattel	McKinsey
Oracle	State Farm	Symantec	Walt Disney
Williams-Sonoma	Xerox	Yahoo!	And many more...

Learn more about Getting to the Top:

Career Strategy	Having a career strategy guides your career development for career success
Career Paths	Understanding career paths that other senior executives in your function have taken to the top helps you understand skills and experiences important for career advancement - and helps you position yourself for a job or promotion
Leadership Skills	Using the combined wisdom of CEOs and VPs, the Getting to the Top® career pyramid of leadership skills shares the skills needed to be successful as a leader, including: strategic visioning, customer perspective, communications, team leadership, and distinguishing skills