{"product_id":"the-sentinel-ceo-isbn-9780470125410","title":"The Sentinel CEO","description":"\u003cb\u003eA forward-thinking approach to addressing corporate security challenges after 9\/11\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e takes a proactive look-from the perspective of top executives-at the ways business has changed since 9\/11. Filled with in-depth interviews with America's leading CEOs, security experts, public officials, and academics, this essential tool underscores how a business's core values can help it address and recover from unforeseen threats.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA revealing examination of the subtle and profound ways in which American business has changed, \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e explores a variety of risks facing businesses of all sizes that operate in a global environment. This important book includes timely discussion of growing anti-American sentiments worldwide, the avian flu, and the impact of tougher immigration enforcement on the talent pool in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface: The Lessons of 1993.  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1: UNDERSTANDING SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 CEO Reflections from the Front: Integrated Security and Risk Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Framework for Managing Security and Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Chief Security Officer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2: THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Opportunity and Risk: China and India in Comparative and Historical Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Reputation at Risk: Managing America’s Brand and Image.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Imagining the Unimaginable: Avian Flu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 An Unintended Consequence: Security, Immigration, and Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3: THE WAY FORWARD.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Lessons Learned: The Importance of Fundamentals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Sustainable Leadership: Imperatives for a New Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"…Parrett accomplishes what many have attempted to do but failed: making the pragmatic case for risk-based integrated security as a prerequisite for growth in a global environment. He lays out an organizational roadmap worthy of consideration. This book should be a required read for CEOs, CSOs, or anyone who aspires to such a position.\" (\u003ci\u003eSecurity Management\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"Parrett..executive member..addresses a timely topic: how companies can respond to globalization and terrorism by incorporating security and risk management into their strategic planning.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...it's a thought-provoking read.\"  (\u003ci\u003eCA Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bill Parrett had done a formidable job of articulating the goal we have set for ourselves, and I can unreservedly call his book brilliant.\" (\u003ci\u003eWorldAffairsMonthly.com\u003c\/i\u003e; 8\/2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam G. Parrett\u003c\/b\u003e is Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Senior Partner, Deloitte \u0026amp; Touche USA LLP. In a career spanning nearly four decades, he has served many large national and multinational businesses. He cofounded the Deloitte Global Financial Services Industry practice and served as its first chairman.  \u003cb\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003cbr\u003e Perspectives on Security, Risk, and Leadership in a Post-9\/11 World\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTerrorism is hardly a contemporary phenomenon. But it is ever present today, and its manifestations more diverse than ever before. U.S. companies conducting business abroad have an obligation to their stakeholders to be more attuned to local customs and standards if they expect to be effective—and to mitigate risk—in the global business arena. \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e shares the insights of various CEOs on changes they have adopted to sustain their leadership while providing security to their employees and companies in?turbulent times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor many corporations, a new and increased focus on security has become an indisputable necessity in order to compete globally. Day-to-day operations now incorporate more security personnel, more frequent communication with employees, and more?security briefings for people traveling abroad. In this candid book, author William Parrett—CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu—draws on interviews with America's leading CEOs, security experts, public officials, and academics to explore the subtle and profound ways American businesses have changed since 9\/11, with special attention to issues of risk in a global environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderscoring how core values can help companies address and recover from unforeseen threats, \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e examines a variety of risks facing business of all sizes that operate in a global environment, including the implications of China and India's increasing economic might, growing anti-American sentiments abroad, pandemics such as the avian flu, and the impact of tougher immigration laws on the talent pool in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining our post-9\/11 world from the perspective of senior executives, William Parrett delves deep within today's leading corporations to discover:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe kinds of new?strategic decisions they are making\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho they are relying on to identify threats, assess security, and protect their company's human and physical assets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat their take is on the new challenges the global war on terror is creating for today's business leaders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf U.S. business can continue to prosper?abroad against the backdrop of highly confrontational foreign policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether U.S.?business leadership is sustainable, given immigration and education concerns, or if China and India will take the lead\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eRich with personal insights, \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e helps today's corporate executives anticipate and confront unexpected risks so they can remain leaders in the global market.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSustain Leadership—in a post-9\/11 world—Minimize Risk\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat does it take to maintain leadership in today's?turbulent global environment? In \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e, leading executives, security chiefs, and academics provide candid insights into how business-as-usual has changed in the wake of 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Parrett, Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, shares his four decades of expertise to help business leaders, executives, and government officials understand and mitigate risks in this age of globalization. Revealing interviews with executives from America's leading corporations, including MetLife, Convergys, and Cantor Fitzgerald, help explain how CEOs and others have defined and achieved sustainable leadership after 9\/11. Focusing on two broad issues—the evolution of corporate security and risk management as executive-level strategic functions, as well as the new focus on mastering the unexpected—\u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e explores:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe branding dilemma: how U.S. companies are rethinking their image abroad\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons learned: CEOs discuss how their companies are anticipating and coping with terrorist threats and attacks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpportunity and risk in China and India\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Imagining the unimaginable\": how to look more closely at the real and unanticipated dangers of avian influenza\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafeguarding security, as it pertains to travel, physical facilities, employees, and data\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe newest employee: how the Chief?Security Officer is fast becoming a key decision maker in the top management of many U.S. companies and an indispensable?ally of the CEO\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe precarious balance between enhancing security and maintaining America's ability to attract and retain foreign talent and business sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustaining leadership in an age when business is confronted with new risks and?challenges as well as unprecedented opportunity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with risk and security has become an all-consuming task for today's business executives. \u003ci\u003eThe Sentinel CEO\u003c\/i\u003e helps businesses?prepare for an eventuality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990339010789,"sku":"NP9780470125410","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470125410.jpg?v=1761787418","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-sentinel-ceo-isbn-9780470125410","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}