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IKEA’s Success Can’t Be Attributed to One Charismatic Leader

Harvard Business Review

Findings about the clear link between CEOs and organizational outcomes are unclear or mixed ( Cannella, Park & Lee, 2008 ; Hambrick, Humphrey & Gupta, 2015 ; Pitcher & Smith, 2001 ). Some were planned, but many were unplanned. Although the idealization of business leaders can often be misleading, it remains very popular.