Monday, May 25, 2015

HBR Daily Stat: A Non-Narcissistic CEO Is a Bargain CEO

Excerpt:
"Among CEOs with long tenure in their organizations, those who are high in narcissism receive more than 3 times as much total compensation as those who are low in narcissism, says a team led by Charles A. O’Reilly III of Stanford University. Narcissists tend to have a sense of personal superiority, a desire for attention and power, and a lack of empathy, yet they can be charismatic and charming. Despite long-tenured narcissistic CEOs’ higher compensation, firms with narcissistic leaders don’t appear to perform any better than those led by non-narcissists, the researchers say."
Read more in HBR.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .