Comments on: Superstar CEOs http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/04/superstar-ceos/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 04:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Angharad http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/04/superstar-ceos/#comment-289685 Angharad Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:48:41 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5489#comment-289685 From my small sample of organisations I've worked for, I reckon it sounds right too - although my experience is not-for-profit. The more public profile someone gets in this sector, the more likely they are to get onto government advisory boards and get sucked into stuff that is external and has marginal return to the actual 'business' they are supposed to be running. They channel their innovation externally to keep their profile current. Mind you, the tall poppy syndrome in Australia soon knocks the puff out of them! From my small sample of organisations I’ve worked for, I reckon it sounds right too – although my experience is not-for-profit. The more public profile someone gets in this sector, the more likely they are to get onto government advisory boards and get sucked into stuff that is external and has marginal return to the actual ‘business’ they are supposed to be running. They channel their innovation externally to keep their profile current.

Mind you, the tall poppy syndrome in Australia soon knocks the puff out of them!

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