Posts tagged with: CEOs and governance
Hubris characterises African Bank boss Kirkinis, Myburgh Commission says. (2016)
"Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one’s own competence, accomplishments or capabilities Maarten Mittnjer, BusinessDay Live, Business / Financial Services, 12 May 2016...
CEO power and CEO hubris: a prelude to financial misreporting? (2016)
“…firms accused of financial misreporting exhibit features of strong CEO power and hubris…Governance mechanisms, especially independent boards of directors, do not seem to be effective in detecting or preventing financial...
Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible. (2016)
"Overconfident CEOs invest less in activities that impact positively on society… Female CEOs are significantly less overconfident than male CEOs." Barry Oliver The Conversation, 12 December 2016 Drawn from the...
Corporate social responsibility or CEO narcissism? CSR motivations and organizational performance. (2015)
"CSR initiatives may result from leaders’ personal needs for attention and image reinforcement and be less strategic for their organizations in terms of financial performance and focus. Oleg V. Petrenko,...
Start with the science: CEO compensation (it pays to be a narcissist). (2016)
“… how narcissistic leaders manage to extract more salary for themselves vs. less narcissistic ones and how more ethical cultures effectively screen out narcissists. JP Elliott PhD, SVP Human Resources...
Do brains of managers with different leadership styles function differently in making rational managerial and financial decisions? (2016)
"...investigators are using functional neuroimaging to explore ways brain emotion reactions influence financial decision making. United Arab Emirates University press release EurekaAlert! 13 April 2016 Dr Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, UAEU; with...
The perils of appointing a high-profile chief executive. (2016)
“The chance that electing an exciting leader may yield a gigantic return keeps tempting directors and investors to hubris-prone full-charisma CEOs. Their instinct is half-right.” Andrew Hill Ft.com/management 14 March...
Why the whole board needs to be on top of risk management. (2016)
"Delegating risk oversight to committees is not enough." Thomas Keusch, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control Insead Knowledge: Leadership and organisations, 24 Nov 2016 Drawing on his research paper...
CEOs who want to change the world struggle for name recognition. (2016)
"The result may be a comfort to those chief executives who prefer to keep a low profile." Andrew Hill ft.com 18 Jan 2016 “Only four in 10 people can name...
Why macho leadership still thrives. (2016)
"…Today’s macho culture can only continue at the cost of rising conflict, health problems and increasing numbers of people facing a warped and debilitating existence.” Ray Williams, executive coach and...