The Surprising Truth about what makes a Great CEO

April 10, 2018 | Publication

It turns out that everything you might think about CEOs may be wrong.

The world is changing faster than ever, but the narrative of leadership remains dominated by talk of such larger-than-life visionary prophets as Steve Jobs and such executive warriors as Jack Welch.

Determined to understand what “CEO material” really means, we undertook 17,000 interviews with CEOs worldwide. The results are enlightening. It turns out that everything you might think about CEOs may be wrong.

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Authors

Elena L. Botelho

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Kim Powell

Topics

Corporate, Private Equity, Public and Social

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