article thumbnail

Why Do So Many Managers Forget They’re Human Beings?

Harvard Business Review

Armstrong/Roberts Classic Stock/Getty Images. “Leadership today,” Javier Pladevall, CEO of Audi Volkswagen, Spain, told us, “is about unlearning management and relearning being human.” This is truer now than ever, as millennials are becoming the majority population in most companies. Be self-aware.

article thumbnail

What Really Led to Last Summer’s Most Notorious Firing

Harvard Business Review

Patch Woes The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired An Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers Business Insider For a few days last August, it was one of the most talked-about business stories in America: Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, fired someone abruptly during a meeting. A recording of the incident went viral.