The Best Way to Learn From CEOs? Study Their Mistakes

Is studying great CEOs the best way to learn? It’s certainly valuable, but there’s more to be learned from CEO blunders. Here’s why.

Analyzing effective CEOs is limiting for two reasons. First, successful CEOs do so many things right that often it’s difficult to figure out what to imitate.

Second, people often focus on a CEO’s most idiosyncratic trait–suc…