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314. What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?

Freakonomics Radio

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What Are the Characteristics of a Great CEO?

Leadership expert jeff sanenfeld says there's little correspondence between performance and pay. A two thousand 12 study found that american firms spend about 14 billion dollars a year on leadership training. But how good is the evidence to back up what they teach? And are there real empirical and statistical indicators of what makes a great ceo, or is it mostly just leadership mumbo jumbo?

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