Habits to avoid if you want to succeed in business

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Bad habits of CEOs

We often revere corporate leaders. It may be their ability to inspire, or a get-the-job done mentality that draws us in. Whatever that je ne sais quoi may be, we want it and believe that with it, we too will be successful one day.

But the truth is that many leaders have undesirable traits, at least according to Eric Jackson. In this post from Forbes, he zeroes in on the seven most common habits of unsuccessful CEOs, emphasizing that not all attributes deserve to be emulated:

  1. They see themselves and their companies as dominating their environment.
  2. They identify so completely with the company that there is no clear boundary between their personal interests and their corporation’s interests. ... Read more