Posts tagged with: CEOs and governance
Do humble CEOs matter? An examination of CEO humility and firm outcomes. (2015)
“CEO humility has important implications for firm processes and outcomes.” Amy Y. Ou, National University of Singapore; David A. Waldman & Suzanne J. Peterson, Arizona State University. Journal of Management,...
HBOS shows how bottom-up strategy leads to disaster. (2015)
"Boards and executives should not abdicate from making the important choices." Andrew Hill ft.com/management 23 November 2015 “HBOS, the UK bank that was one of the biggest casualties of the...
Board Doctors help supervise the supervisors. (2015)
"More companies are bringing in experts to scrutinize effectiveness of directors... Many U.S. corporate boards need help making hard decisions. Joann S. Lublin. Wall Street Journal 17 February 2015 Illustration:...
Friend & Foe: When to cooperate, when to compete, and how to succeed at both. (2015)
“The crushing lesson for companies hit by scandal is that while “non-core violations” of trust do not cause long-term harm, “core violations” can devastate. Adam Galinsky, Professor of Business, Columbia...
The Silo Effect: The peril of expertise and the promise of breaking down barriers. (2015)
“Organisational silos are bad enough. Even more damaging are silos of the mind - the unexamined assumptions, conventional categorisations and ingrained thought patterns underpinning everyday decision-making. Gillian Tett, senior Financial...
Big boys, big egos and strategic intelligence. (2015)
“..ideas on how strategic intelligence can help (Boards) prevail over destructive narcissism. Joseph H.A.M. Rodenberg, managing partner of Rodenberg Tillman & Associates, Netherlands Antoinette Rijsenbilt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, non-executive director...
VW’s need for a crisis panel exposes the board’s failings. (2015)
“…companies that wish to avoid the noxious fumes of scandal need their boards to be switched on at all times” Andrew Hill Ft.com/management 28 September 2015 Photo: Reuters “VW is...
Boards and investors have let the mining sector dig itself into a hole. (2015)
“Two factors have driven dismal investors' outcomes: first, the hubris of many mergers at the peak of the boom; second, the excessive nature of investment to increase output as financial discipline went...
Charismatic leaders bad for business, says psychologist. (2015)
“The idea that leaders need to be some sort of charming rock star is a myth and one that is highly detrimental to the success of any organisation. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,...
Behavioral CEOs: The role of managerial overconfidence. (2015)
"Overconfident CEOs have a higher tendency to undertake mergers... overestimate future earnings... borrow more aggressively against future earnings to avoid missing current earnings forecasts ..." Ulrike Malmendier, Haas School of Business...