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How Stress Ages CEOs

The Horizons Tracker

A number of states enacted laws to prohibit hostile takeovers of firms, with this appearing to significantly reduce the stress experienced by CEOs. The authors note that before the recession, there appeared to be a much smaller gap between distressed and non-distressed CEOs, with the gap staying fairly stable.

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12 Reasons Crisis Leadership Trumps Crisis Management

N2Growth Blog

1) Sudden Crisis: Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, workplace violence, hostile takeovers, environmental spills, technology disruptions, etc. 2) Smoldering Crisis: Product defects, mismanagement, rumors and scandals, workplace safety, etc. Crisis Leadership is the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low risk.