delivering insight into both leaders’ development and leader personality. Methodology/approach – First, this paper locates the … approaches of two outstanding leaders: Daniel Vasella, chairman of the leading Swiss pharmaceutical organization Novartis and … characteristics and career paths of both leaders are presented and compared so that a final analysis of their leadership approach can …

, given that daily routines of policy leaders, at least at first glance, usually require rather non-entrepreneurial strategies … influential entrepreneurs and business managers, who do not engage in political leadership. The results indicate that Trump is …

We examine in a large survey (n = 1,928) how contemplative entrepreneurs, managers and employees are in their decision … choices are partly in line with this: entrepreneurs make indeed more intuitive choices than managers, but are equally …) equal those of managers. Together these findings tentatively suggest that entrepreneurs start from a stronger prior …

with the probability of firms demanding credit, while firms with female owner/managers have lower probabilities of … at identifying managers' managerial capacity and personality traits. …

As an executive life coach, I have seen that coming to terms with mortality is often a major challenge for leaders to … accept. This applies to leaders from all walks of life. Questions such as what would others think about them after they are … on their mind. A realization that people do not remember leaders for what they do for themselves, they are remembered for …

-generation family leaders. Despite the recognised importance of familiness in family firms' entrepreneurship, the mechanism by which it … results shed light on the critical role of leaders' managerial capabilities in orchestrating the resources of family firms and … article offers a set of strategies for assisting new leaders of family firms in their entrepreneurial pursuits. …

leaders (N = 2683 leaders, women: n = 967; 36.04%) and non-leaders (N = 33,663) as well as personality changes before and …Objective: Leaders differ in their personalities from non-leaders. However, when do these differences emerge? Are … leaders "born to be leaders" or does their personality change in preparation for a leadership role and due to increasing …