article thumbnail

The Promise and Peril of a Star CEO

Harvard Business Review

Schnatter now controls of 30% of Papa John’s shares, and his status as founder, as well as his long-running visibility as the company’s spokesperson in broadcast and print ads gives him unusual power. Governance expert Ram Charan considers executive sessions the most important recent innovation in corporate governance.

CEO 9
article thumbnail

Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 1/21/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of Egalitarianism Robert [.].

Blog 95