Thursday, September 04, 2014

A Preference for Plodders

When in doubt, go with the plodder CEO, not the icon. My work on companies that have paid dividends for a hundred years concludes that the nonglitzy CEO, mostly hired from within, provides the steady hand and long-term returns for a company.

- Marianne M. Jennings, business professor at Arizona State University, in The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse

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