Rebekka Sputtek sheds light upon the question of how the personality and emotional traits of executives influence their decision making and leadership behavior. While recent strategic management research has started to recognize the relevance of an executive's personality traits as antecedents...

Intro -- Praise for Difference Makers -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- Preface -- PART ONE: Why Diversity -- 1: Why Business Needs Diversity -- 2: Why Boards Needs Diversity -- 3: Our Journey with Diversity -- 4: Leadership Lessons -- PART TWO: Personal Strategies -- 5:...

For generations, the cozy, standard model of boardroom leadership was simple: The CEO was also Chairman of the Board, and directors rubberstamped his initiatives. The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act forced radical change on all U.S. public corporations: The board must now hold sessions without...