Posts tagged with: CEOs and governance
Companies headed by introverts performed better in a study of thousands of CEOs. (2016)
"...if we knew how the personality traits of CEOs produced different business results, could boards hire accordingly?" Oliver Staley Quartz 5 Aug 2016 Image: Reuters Article based on a working paper by...
Why so many leaders fail and derail. (2016)
“…derailment and disappointment among leaders are as common as success. Prof. Adrian Furnham, University College London Psychology Today 25 Aug 2016 "There are more than 70,000 books with ‘leadership’ in...
Anti-Hubris Toolkit passes important milestone. (2016)
Plans for a practical Anti-Hubris Toolkit have reached an important milestone with the release of proposals for managing and mitigating hubris in business organisations. Co-produced by academics at Surrey Business School’s...
Extrovert CEOs make way less money. (2016)
"...researchers found “a robust negative association” between extroverted, talkative CEOs and “return on assets and cash flow”. Drake Baer, nymag.com, science of us 8 Aug 2016 Based on work by...
Kozlowski: the CEO who went to jail. (2016)
“Good times... had me believe my own success… I had the feeling I had done nothing wrong.” Financial Times ft.com/video, Companies & management, 24 October 2016 Andrew Hill, FT management...
When ethical leader behavior breaks bad: how ethical leader behavior can turn abusive via ego depletion and moral licensing. (2016)
"...companies could consider formally requiring ethical behavior. "It's more difficult for people to feel they've earned credit and moral license for performing something that is mandatory." Russell E. Johnson, Ass....
Soaring chief executive pay highlights need for fundamental changes. (2016)
“…Too often, high levels of CEO pay are explained by the power and personality of the individual CEO … Article based on research by Dr Almuth McDowall and colleagues from...
Executive over-confidence and compensation structure. (2016)
"...firms tailor compensation contracts to individual behavioral traits such as overconfidence.” Mark Humphery-Jenner, UNSW Business School, Australia; Ling Lei Lisic, George Mason University, Virgina; Vikram Nanda, Rutgers University New Jersey...
How to stop CEO failure. (2016)
"Boards often think the person in the corner office doesn’t need more development, but this couldn’t be further than the truth. Philip Anderson, INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship INSEAD Blog, 2...
Leicester’s lesson in leadership. (2016)
Leicester City is a football team that dines ravenously on we-ness and (manager) Ranieri is now head chef. Alexander Haslam, University of Queensland; and Stephen D. Reicher, University of St...