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Executive derailment

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Several top managers develop personality traits and coping behaviors that enable them to rise quickly through the ranks and seeing their tactics get results merely reinforces and strengthens their behavior. However, over-reliance on these behaviors can have spectacularly negative consequences, known as executive derailment, where managers get themselves fired or relegated, as they are unable to change their behavior to fit new circumstances.

Author: Yeung, Rob
Publisher: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2006
Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Natural gas transmission, United States, Management, Officials and employees, Company business management, Gas transmission industry, Enron Corp., Organizational behavior, Organizational behaviour, ENRNQ, Skilling, Jeffrey

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The dark side of leadership

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Leaders' behavior changes when they are under pressure, threatening their popularity and efficiency. Four such behavior characteristics that reveal the darker side of a leader are discussed together with suggestions on how to recognize and deal with them.

Author: Yeung, Rob
Publisher: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2008
United Kingdom, Leadership, Personality, Personality traits

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