Fifteen years ago, I met Don Hambrick at Columbia BusinessSchool, who
is probably the world’s expert in the field of studying CEOs, top management
teams, and boards. I was lucky to become his doctoral student.
Don’s now the Evan Pugh Professor,
Smeal Chaired Professor ofManagement at
the Smeal College of Business at Penn State.
A few years ago, Don decided to
explore through a rigorous academic study just how damaging Narcissistic CEOs
can be. It turns out they can be amazingly damaging – to the point of, in
some cases, eventually killing their companies.
Don just completed a follow-up study that offers even more clarity
on the problems they cause.
Why study Narcissistic CEOs?
