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Re:Leaving the Nest by ksaun on Saturday June 04, 2016 @02:17AM (#11835197)
> The problem is you're extremely likely to get either a reality B CEO, or an asshole with reality B revenue.

You do propose HP as a case study, but why is it "extremely likely" to lead to that negative outcome?

Also, isn't it possible for a "nice guy" CEO to also bring in high revenue?

I don't think "nice" necessarily equates with "ineffective" in a CEO (for some definitions of "nice").

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Re:Leaving the Nest by beagle3 on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:13AM (#11835335)
Because, to quote Sturgeon, "90% of everything is crud", and that includes CEO candidates.
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Re:Leaving the Nest by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday June 04, 2016 @06:34AM (#11835807)
Reality C is far more common - CEO is an asshole and clueless about running a profitable business. Because they're too busy and distracted by self-important posturing and/or outright fraud to make good decisions.

Competent assholes are far less common than incompetent assholes.

There's a bizarre myth that being an asshole somehow correlates with business competence.

But that doesn't take any account of the large number of asshole CEOs who are crash-and-burn fuck ups.

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