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EXECUTIVE CONNECTIONS: HOW RELATIONSHIPS AT THE TOP SHAPE AN ORGANIZATION’S PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
Carucci Ron A.,
Hansen Eric C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
leader to leader
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5355
pISSN - 1087-8149
DOI - 10.1002/ltl.20177
Subject(s) - reputation , set (abstract data type) , power (physics) , control (management) , interpersonal communication , quality (philosophy) , business , marketing , public relations , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , psychology , management , political science , computer science , epistemology , economics , law , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Abstract As executives rise to positions of power within organizations, the quality of their interpersonal relationships becomes crucial, in the view of Carucci and Hansen. The higher you rise, the more distortions tend to set in. Moreover, you look more distorted to the world. Consider that your reputation matters more and more, and yet it becomes increasingly vulnerable. While you can't control everything, “if you are not deliberate about shaping what others see and how people experience you, chances are the image they form will be one that you do not want.” A leader also embodies his or her own entity, so, for instance; “if you are the head of marketing, you are marketing.”