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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

In our book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters; Business Practices , we discovered the leadership principles of organized crime syndicates that forge high-performance teams of very loyal gangsters, incredibly strong brand names and cultures with a long-term perspective and an unrelenting customer focus. 3. . * * * Jerold L.

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

My focus was on peer-reviewed journal articles (academic papers) that included reliable measures of CEO attributes (e.g., bright- and dark-side personality, values, and reputation) and meaningful measures of organizational outcomes (culture, profits, turnover, etc.). — think they are more important now.

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