Leadership

The Lessons for CEOs in the Turmoil at the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times

Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

As they ended political endorsements at their respective newspapers, writes Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld , Jeff Bezos and Patrick Soon-Shiong provided a master class in how not to announce and explain a sudden change in direction.

Jeff Bezos in front of a screen with the Washington Post logo

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    Austin Ligon Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld E. V. "Rick" Goings Nell Minow John C. Bogle

    With their power, their prominence, and their pay packages, CEOs are cynosures in the business universe. Could the structures of a management profession take in these corporate chiefs? Or should CEOs of publicly traded companies be treated as members of a separate profession, with its own rules and responsibilities?

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    Richard L. Burger John W. Chaffee

    While technologies and social structures change through the ages, the basic need for efficient and skillful management of resources and organizations is a constant. An archaeologist and a historian describe how past societies have met the challenge of training effective and accountable managers.