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Should Reckless CEOs Profit From Our Pain?

Friday, August 8, 2008

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Last October (2007), Kelsey Hubbard on WSJ’s MarketWatch (see video page on this website), asked me what went wrong at Merrill Lynch and what mistakes were made by Stan O’Neal who had not yet departed with his compensation package of hundreds of millions of dollars.  Reiterating what I had posted months before that, I said […]

What Made jack welch JACK WELCH

How Ordinary People Become
Extraordinary Leaders

by Stephen H. Baum (Random House)

Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job?

Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?

"Lessons for life about the core leadership traits of character, risk taking decisiveness and the ability to engage and inspire followers."
--Jim Clifton, CEO, The Gallup Organization

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