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Why Dictatorial CEOs Increasingly Put Their Companies at Risk (and What to Do About It)

By Robert Sher

All types of organizations watch high-potential employees walk out the door because their views aren’t heard. Even members of a top management team can flee to other organizations after too many instances in which the CEO discounted their ideas, unable to shake the command-and-control leadership style.

Too many CEOs simply don’t realize how much of a turnoff it is to have a boss who knows it all, calls all the important shots and dominates every conversation.

Dictatorial CEOs hurt their chances of winning by destroying their team. CEOs must get experience leading a commons—a type of association that has no dominant leader, but is run through governance and a culture of shared wealth.  Read this Forbes article. We welcome your comments and discussion.

 

 

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