What makes a business leader great? This is one of the burning questions in companies and boardrooms around the world. Another is: what can we learn from them? Lessons From the Top sets out to identify the 50 most successful business leaders in America, then, in a series of detailed interviews - essentially master classes - goes on to examine their methods and techniques for success.Not surprisingly, each of the 50 executives selected differ greatly in their personalities, their paths to the top, and the industries in which they work. But perhaps the best way to learn how to excel is by studying the strategies and thinking of a wide range of the leaders who have proved themselves in some of the world's best-run companies.