Expand Your Mind: CEOs
by Miki Saxon
CEOs are an interesting species of executives.
CEOs are often lauded one quarter for their vision and leadership and derided the next quarter for the same thing.
Some suffer from severe arrogance syndrome, while others have either temporary or chronic foot-in-mouth disease.
But whether world-class geniuses or world-class asses CEOs are rarely boring.
For those who set their career sights on the corner office, success used to be measured by the size of the company and bigger always equaled better—but in technology that’s changing.
CEOs, especially those of large, public corporations, have one especially cat-like trait—they always land on their feet even when they are fired—as happens more and more frequently these days.
As with everything there is a right way and a wrong way to fire a CEO, with Carol Bartz and Mark Hurd the poster children of the wrong way. So, here’s some good advice on how to do it the right way.
Finally, with the use of social media accelerating, the pros and cons of CEO blogging have changed markedly from the original debates.
Have a terrific weekend!
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