Weak, Shortsighted or Out of Control: Why CEOs Don’t Insist on Great Teams
Why don’t CEOs insist on great top teams in their own organizations? Are they too tolerant of failure and/or poor performance? A talk to the Alliance of Chief Executives by CEO Jim Pouliot of CSAA inspired this exploration of why CEOs continually struggle with the issue, and what they can do about it.
Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).