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January 13, 2023 44 mins

Join Suzan and Columbia's Bill Klepper as they discuss how the partnership of strong teams & boards can impact even the most vulnerable CEOs.


January 2023
ExecU Podcast
Episode 8:  Tough Love in the Boardroom with Bill Klepper, Columbia

BRIEF SUMMARY OF EPISODE

Bill Klepper is an experienced executive with over forty years of leadership in higher education. He is currently a member of the Columbia Business School faculty within the Management Division. He teaches the Executive MBA course on Executive Leadership and is a regular guest professor in the MBA course on High Performance Leadership. He also serves as Academic Director of Executive Education and teaches globally within a number of corporate custom programs, focusing on Executive Learning, Strategic Leadership, Corporate Governance, High Performance Cultures and the Creation and Implementation of Strategy.

Bill is the author of The CEO's Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom.

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KEY TAKEAWAY


 “I think even when I get up close and personal in talking with CEOs, there's in many ways a belief that they are  all knowledgeable, all powerful, right? And therefore can manage all things. What I found out the closer I get to them is no, they feel just as vulnerable as the next leader, and in many cases, the expectations of them, are beyond their own capabilities. The side difference is who they surround themselves with. So, I'm a firm believer that we can focus on the CEO, but what we really want to learn more about is the team of the CEO, because it's in the team.”


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https://www.amazon.com/CEOs-Boss-Boardroom-Columbia-Publishing/dp/0231149883


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