What makes your leaders tick? Getting a personal perspective on the people at the top

Abstract

Psychologist Ros Taylor interviewed 80 leaders, including chief executives, chairmen and managing directors of some of the leading organizations in the UK and US, in her bid to discover what makes leaders tick. In this article she shares her findings, which cover everything from health and fitness levels to gender differences, and puts forward a top‐ten list.

Citation

Taylor, R. (2007), "What makes your leaders tick? Getting a personal perspective on the people at the top", Strategic HR Review, Vol. 6 No. 5, pp. 20-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/14754390980000997