…hard-nosed personal virtues…count more than “softer strengths like teamwork and flexibility. ” — George Anders in “Tough CEOs Often Most Successful,” WSJ November 19. When misleading advice is published in a major daily newspaper, it gets me upset. Reporting on personality profiles of CEOs of private equity owned firms, the article leaves the distinct impression […]
Sunday, December 30, 2007
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So, famous, powerful, jet-setting news magnate Conrad Black has been convicted of fraud. Notwithstanding that his expected appeal may further reduce the sentence for his crime which can include incarceration, many CEOs shudder at what looms in his future – years of further litigation, a possible tell-all book by his wife, the loss of a […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
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