Chapter 1 Amazing Ladies成功女人 Nicole Kidman：These Different People That She Play Become the Loves of Her Life 演员妮可·基德曼：荧屏内外，演绎精彩人生 Audrey Hepburn：The Most Successful Film Actress in the World 奥黛丽·赫本：影坛天使 Carol A.Bartz：Yahoo CEO with Intelligence and Courage 卡罗尔·巴茨：雅虎女总裁智勇双全 J.K.Rowling：She Created Harry Potter J.K.罗琳：“哈利·波特”之母 And rea Jung：The First Female CEO of Avon 钟彬娴：百年雅芳女CEO第一人
Chapter 2 The Gentlemen with Great Mind成功男人 Barack Obama：Superstar President 美国总统巴拉克·：巨星总统 Arnold Schwarzenegger： Governor of California with Great Mind 阿诺德·施瓦辛格：明星州长，壮志凌云 Thomas J.Falk：A Sophisticated Director 托马斯·福尔克：老练的幕后策划者 William E.Mitchell：An Experienced CEO 威廉·米切尔：困难面前，方显真才实学 Samuel J.Palmisano：IBM's BrainsmSmart and Charismatic 萨缪尔·彭明盛：IBM的大脑——足智多谋，魅力无穷 Muhammad Ali：A Boxer with Great Hand Speed，Swift Feet and Taunting Tactics 穆罕默德·阿里：世纪很好拳击手 Howard Schultz：The Star of Starbucks 霍华德·舒尔茨：星巴克的咖啡教主 William C.Weldon：Healthy Company，Healthy People 威廉·韦尔登：强生伴你健康成长
Chapter 3 Oriental Wisdom东方智慧 Indra K.Nooyi：An Amazing Indian Lady 卢英德：东方智慧引领百事旋风 Vikram Pandit：The Busy Indian in the Wall Street 潘伟迪：辗转于华尔街的花旗掌舵人 Ka-shing Li：The Leader of Wealthy Chinese 李嘉诚：华人富豪的领军人物 Masaru I buka＆Akio Morita：Sony Magicians 井深大和盛田昭夫：索尼奇迹的魔法师 Aileen Sim：Turning the ViSual Currency to Real Money 艾琳·西姆：魔术手——将虚拟货币转换成真实财富 Steven Chen：A“Horse”Galloping on the Internet 陈士骏：一匹奔腾在互联网上的骏马 Sudhin Shahani：Opening a New Path for Success 萨德欣·沙哈尼：新生代的成功新途径
Chapter 4 Confident and Experienced CEOs大企业的舵主 Eric Emerson Schmidt：The Hardest CEO of Google's Trlumvrate 埃里克·艾默生·施密特：谷歌“三人行”，最辛苦的CEO Charles O.Holliday，Jr.：Sustainable Growth——A“Green”CEO 查尔斯·霍利德：“绿色”型CEO引导可持续发展 Steve Ballmer：Dancing Monkey Boy 史蒂夫·鲍尔默：在IT业的舞台上手舞足蹈 John J.Donahoe：A Young Confident Leader 约翰·多纳霍：非凡自信带领eBay勇渡难关 Herbe~Hainer：A Fanatic of Spots＆Adidas 赫伯特·海纳：为阿迪而狂热，为梦想而追求 Randall L.Stephenson：Representative of Diversity 兰德尔·斯蒂芬森：多元战略造就很好电信品牌
Chapter 5 The True“Rags to Riches”Stories创业成功路 Sam Walton：FrOm a Rural Retailer to a World Leading Company Leader 萨姆·沃尔顿：白手起家的沃尔玛创始人 Thomas John Watson，Sr.：The Myth of IBM 托马斯·约翰·沃森：IBM创始人的神话 Warner Brothers：Solidarity Is Strength 华纳四兄弟：团结就是力量 Andrew Carnegie：A True“Rags to Riches”Story 安德鲁·卡内基：贫穷少年变身钢铁大王 Ryan Allis：How to Increase Your Wealth 菜恩·艾利斯：增值财富的艰辛历程 Walter Elias Disney：The King of the Animated Kingdom 沃尔特·迪斯尼：动画王国的
Chapter 6 I Have a Great Dream成功趁早 Ben Casnocha：My Journey Through Silicon Vally 本·卡斯诺瓦：我的硅谷之路 Kevin Sproles：The Support Behind Obama 凯文·史泼列斯：背后的财政支柱 Ashley Quails：Poverty Is the Activator of Success 艾诗丽·郭尔斯：贫困催化成功 Cristiano Ronaldo：A Youth Player Who Had a Dream 克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多：传承曼联7号传奇的梦想少年 Yao Ming：A True Giant on the Court and Off 姚明：篮坛内外，他都是一个真正的巨人 Nathenial Stevens：Passion=Profit 纳撒尼尔·史蒂文斯：激情——生成利润的法宝 Michael Davis：Hacking Expert 迈克尔·戴维斯：黑客专家
Chapter 7 Exceptional Talents杰出奇人 John Nash：An American Mathematician and Economist 约翰·纳什：数学奇才的奇迹人生 Albert Einstein：The Scientific Prodigy 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦：科学怪人 Garrincha：The King of the Brazilian Football 加林查：足球王国的“盘带之王” Usain Bolt：A Jamaican“Lightning”sprinter 尤塞恩·博尔特：田径场上的“闪电侠” Bill Gates：The King of Software 比尔·盖茨：一“机”成就世界
摘要
Palmisano's responsibilities were expanded in 1997 whenhe became senior vice president of the Personal SystemsGroup, which put him in charge of IBM's personal computer business. He was a rigorously goal-oriented leader who ex- pected his managers to meet their promised goals. In De-cember 1997, however, he found himself falling behind hisown goals for the fourth quarter. Beginning on December 26, he held conference calls with his sales representatives at 7a. m. and 9 p. m. every day through December 31, pushingthem hard but finally meeting his sales goal. IBM's various businesses were booming, but Gerstnerwanted to take IBM's services to a higher level. In January 1998 he made Palmisano a senior corporate vice president incharge of IBM Global Services, which was the world's largest provider of information technology with 135, 000 employees. Palmisano was then put in charge of IBM's Enterprise Systems Group. There he began IBM's acceptance of the free open- source-code Linux operating system in late 1999.
