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Apr 6 2009

Cavalier Kingpins

By Dean Zatkowsky

We often accuse CEOs like John Thain and Rick Wagoner of arrogance, but it's their selfishness and irresponsibility that really diminishes them as leaders. For my forthcoming book, Kamelot: Kinko's Brief Shining Moment in Business History, I had to coin the term "bossiopath" for executives who not only exhibit sociopathic tendencies, but also present their greed, cruelty and self-obsession as attributes of leadership

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Categories: Corporate Culture | Management Skills | Leadership | Ethics

3 comments - Posted by Dean Zatkowsky at 7:08 AM

Apr 1 2009

The Opposite of Leadership

Discussing populist anger during his interview on The Daily Show, CNN Commentator Jack Cafferty said his thousands of daily emails suggest that the American people "... hate congress, they hate the auto industry, they hate government, they hate Wall Street, but they like this man (President Obama) and his family."

I see this too, and I think it's because the people crave leadership, and unlike those other entities, President Obama is trying to lead. Congress, the auto industry, government agencies, and Wall Street, on the other hand, are engaging in behaviors that look to me like the opposite of leadership.

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Categories: Corporate Culture | Management Skills | Entrepreneurialism | Leadership

16 comments - Posted by Paul Orfalea at 6:22 AM

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