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The Stresses Of Leadership Shortens Life Expectancy

The Horizons Tracker

New research from BerkeleyHaas is perhaps unlikely to shift the sympathy needle too much, but it does nonetheless highlight the damage the stresses of leadership has on those at the top. Hostile takeovers. The post The Stresses Of Leadership Shortens Life Expectancy first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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How Stress Ages CEOs

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The extent of this impact has been confirmed by a recent Wharton study , which shows that the stress associated with leadership can reduce the life expectancy of CEOs. Indeed, the study found that when anti-takeover laws provided a degree of protection from takeover pressures, the average lifespan of a CEO rose by 2 years, compared to a 1.5-year

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Management Styles

Strategy Driven

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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What We Can Learn About Unity from Hostile Takeovers

Harvard Business Review

Power transfers can be fraught. But there is a path forward.

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The Big Picture of Business – Corporate Cultures Reflect Business Progress and Growth.

Strategy Driven

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Beware of Short-term Management, Not the Short-term Investor

Harvard Business Review

A low stock price can make the firm vulnerable to a hostile takeover, for example. However, there are many other reasons too, and I suspect these other reasons might be more important drivers of managers' decisions. Moreover, in many cases, managers have bemoaned to us the "hell we got" from their boards when the stock price fell.

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How Business Schools Can Help Reduce Inequality

Harvard Business Review

But starting in the late 1970s, a new vision of the corporation and the role of CEOs emerged – prodded by corporate “raiders,” hostile takeovers, junk bonds, and leveraged buyouts. Economy Education Leadership' Shareholders began to predominate over other stakeholders.