Posts tagged with: CEO management
Why great success can bring out the worst parts of our personalities (2018)
"The more power and influence you have, the less interested you will be in pleasing other people and in keeping your dark side in check." Lovric D., Principal at Incandescent, and...
Managerial hubris detection: the case of Enron (2018)
Eckhaus, E. & Sheaffer, Z. Department of Economics and Business Administration, Ariel University, Israel Risk Management (2018) pp 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41283-018-0037-0 Image: Scott Beale/ Flickr (CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0) New research from scientists at the Ariel University...
Fresh blood: why everyone fell for Theranos (2018)
Charged with "massive fraud", Elizabeth Holmes has plummeted from the pedestal she built for herself Andrew Hill, The Financial Times. Opinion, 19 March 2018 Image: Elizabeth Holmes, 2014. Credit: Max Morse,...
Carillion. What a mess.
Board hubris ran high while hedge funds scented blood, shorting the stock. Bailey, D. Professor of Industrial Strategy, Aston Business School Birmingham Post, 18 January 2018 Image: Wikimedia Commons "Carillion's demise...
Big Egos Can Be Green: A Study of CEO Hubris and Environmental Innovation (2017)
"CEOs’ hubris may provide the required force for overcoming obstacles to the development and introduction of green innovations." Arena, C., Michelon, G. and Trojanowski, G. (2017), Big Egos Can Be...
When Founders Go Too Far (2017)
"Given the extraordinary power imbalance that’s now the norm in Silicon Valley boardrooms, it should be no surprise that many founder-CEOs are behaving badly. In fact, the real surprise may...
Are you a toxic boss? If your team won’t tell you, neuroscience will (2017)
"Absolute power does, in fact, corrupt absolutely." Hogshead, S. Founder & CEO 'How to Fascinate' Inc., November 17, 2017 Image: Pexels "Confidence can be perceived as aggression by employees. Confident...