Leadership Video - Why Smart Executives Fail

It's interesting that a leader who succeeds in one context, company or venue may be a dismal failure when he or she moves to another company or context. It's also of interest that leaders may succeed for a time in a position, but lose effectiveness despite the fact that they, themselves have not changed. This video which weighs in at about an hour addresses this issue.

The format is in the form of a presentation and it has English sub-titles to accompany the English speech.

The scene: a CEO is celebrated on the cover Fortune. Soon after, the company is in the midst of a financial fiasco. What went wrong? It ... all » seems that top management made some incredibly stupid mistakes. But the people responsible are almost always remarkably intelligent and usually have terrific track records. "Why Smart Executives Fail" relates the stories of great business disasters and demonstrates the ways many businesses make themselves vulnerable to failure.