About the Event

Join us for an interactive author talk with Adam Bryant, managing director at ExCo Group and senior advisor to the Reuben Mark Initiative at Columbia Business School. Adam will take a deep dive into his wildly popular book, The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break all Leaders, which he co-authored with Kevin Sharer, former CEO of Amgen. The short text serves as a leadership playbook, featuring seven key lessons for executives at all levels to utilize in order to succeed as an effective organizational leader.    

About Adam Bryant

Adam Bryant is managing director of The ExCo Group, a senior leadership development and executive mentoring firm. Prior to joining Merryck, Adam worked for 30 years as a journalist, including 18 years as a reporter, editor and columnist at The New York Times. He interviewed more than 500 CEOs for “Corner Office,” a series on leadership that he created in 2009. He continues to conduct leadership interviews on LinkedIn—with CEOs, board directors, prominent Black executives and chief human resources officers—that have more than 160,000 subscribers. He also writes a monthly column for Strategy+Business magazine and is the Senior Advisor to the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership at Columbia University. 

Adam is the author of three books based on the themes that have emerged from his interviews and consulting work. His new book is THE CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders, published by Harvard Business Review Press. His first book, The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed, was a New York Times bestseller, drawing on insights from CEOs to identify the qualities that help explain why certain executives are promoted over others to become CEOs. In his second book Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation, Adam distilled the wisdom of hundreds of business leaders to identify the secrets to a high-performing corporate culture.

Accessing the Book

The first 50 registrants are eligible to receive a free copy of The CEO Test. Enter your contact infomation during registration to qualify.

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