The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2020

New research from BerkeleyHaas is perhaps unlikely to shift the sympathy needle too much, but it does nonetheless highlight the damage the stresses of leadership has on those at the top. Hostile takeovers. The post The Stresses Of Leadership Shortens Life Expectancy first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 4, 2022

The extent of this impact has been confirmed by a recent Wharton study , which shows that the stress associated with leadership can reduce the life expectancy of CEOs. Indeed, the study found that when anti-takeover laws provided a degree of protection from takeover pressures, the average lifespan of a CEO rose by 2 years, compared to a 1.5-year

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Power transfers can be fraught. But there is a path forward.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

But starting in the late 1970s, a new vision of the corporation and the role of CEOs emerged – prodded by corporate “raiders,” hostile takeovers, junk bonds, and leveraged buyouts. Economy Education Leadership' Shareholders began to predominate over other stakeholders.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

A low stock price can make the firm vulnerable to a hostile takeover, for example. However, there are many other reasons too, and I suspect these other reasons might be more important drivers of managers' decisions. Moreover, in many cases, managers have bemoaned to us the "hell we got" from their boards when the stock price fell.

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