Future of Work Briefs

Do challenges and opportunities that once took days or weeks to fully emerge now smack you in the face before lunch and without much discernible warning? If so, you're not alone.

Highly narcissistic CEOs were nearly 3 times more likely than very un-narcissistic leaders to take bold steps to embrace potentially disruptive technologies when media interest in the disruption was high. But when interest was low, the narcissistic CEOs showed no such heightened propensity to act.

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. But attaining one is far from easy. No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats.

New research by RHR international shows which executives incoming CEOs are likely to replace, and highlights some differences between first-time CEOs and more seasoned chief executives. I interviewed Dr. David Astorino, Global Practice Leader for Senior Team Effectiveness, about the findings.

I’ve been waiting for the results from a study that Professor Mak Yuen Teen, Associate Professor at NUS Business School, and I have been undertaking. We thought it would produce some interesting insights to share with the HR profession – and it did!

As it finished up its historic term in June, the Supreme Court issued several rulings whose impact, many practicing employment lawyers say, will relieve organizations from the burden of rising workplace harassment and retaliation claims. I’m a contrarian here.

Throughout his life, Peter Drucker strived to understand the increasing complexity of business and society and, most importantly, the implications for how we can continue to create and deliver value in the face of complexity.

Oh, to be that close. Succession planning, we know, is often a fraught and/or ignored task. But the case of Goldman Sachs is rare: It's pretty clear that the bank's president, Gary D. Cohn, is ready in the wings.

Yes, you can become a CEO if you come out of a specialized field such as marketing or finance, but you probably won't earn as much money as a generalist CEO whose specialty is being a manager.