Who was the greatest CEO of the 20th century? A persuasive case can be made for General Dwight D. Ike Eisenhower, who undertook historys most harrowing executive assignment: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944. In Lead Like Ike, business journalist and communications guru Geoff Loftus weaves a fly-on-the-wall narrative from Ikes perspective as supreme allied commander overseeing the Normandy invasion. While swept into a gripping story that honors the sacrifice of all who fought and died on D-Day, youll also be drawn to a cache of battle-tested strategies and tactics with direct applications to modern-day business leadership.