CHAPTER 3

Celebrate Your Leadership Expression

Abandoning Celebrity Leadership

As with sports and movie actors, aspects of celebrity leadership have entered the boardroom. Cheryl Sandberg became a guide for the many women in business, who are still striving to do it all. Oprah has one of the most powerful brands on the planet. Jack Welch, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump, while divergent in many ways, all leveraged larger-than-life personalities and extroversion to capture attention and acquire both followers and opposition. In some cases, opposition to their practices has contributed to their status as much as the adoration of loyal fans. When business leaders and CEOs attempt to model themselves after prominent personalities, it does not benefit ...

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