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The Promise and Peril of a Star CEO

Harvard Business Review

Consider Tesla: before Elon Musk became CEO in 2008, the electric car company had delivered fewer than 200 cars and was running out of cash. Under his leadership, CBS turned from the last-place butt of jokes into a first-place powerhouse. ” Have a good COO and other C-level people in place. Tesla has no COO.

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