In the Media
Mentions & Appearances
The Case for Letting Your Best People Go
Apr 18, 2017 // Cites the book Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent written by Sydney Finkelstein, in an article about the advantages of letting top talent leave an organization. Finkelstein argues that more people are managing their careers as a series of steppingstones at different companies.
View at The Wall Street Journal
This is What the Best Bosses are Really Made of
Apr 11, 2017 // Sydney Finkelstein discusses how CEOs are built up to be “unfeeling technocrats,” but the reality is that they are humans too—with all the emotions and biases that come along with it.
View at HQ Asia
How to Deal with a Chronically Indecisive Boss
Mar 24, 2017 // Quotes Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, about how reporting to an indecisive boss is unquestionably challenging. "It drives you crazy because without direction, you're not sure what to do," says Finkelstein.
View at Harvard Business Review
Lessons of the Superbosses
Mar 01, 2017 // If you’re transitioning into the role of a leader, an absolute
top priority is to build the strongest team you possibly can.
Why? Because all great, and successful, leaders know that
to succeed you need to surround yourself with the absolute
best people you can.
View at HR People + Strategy Winter 2017 Issue
8 Books Every Leader Needs to Read in 2017
Feb 22, 2017 // Lists Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein as one of the best business books to read in 2017.
View at Inc.
6 Reasons Smart People Fail
Feb 17, 2017 // Cites research by Sydney Finkelstein where Finkelstein and his colleagues studied 51 of the business world’s most notorious failures—interviewing CEOs and people from all levels.
View at Inc.
Six Secrets of Superbosses
Jan 31, 2017 //
View at American Consultants The Healthcare People
‘Deeply concerned': Corporate America responds to Trump’s travel ban
Jan 30, 2017 // Quotes Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, about the growing number of companies objecting to President Trump's immigration order and consequently speaking out.
View at The Washington Post
Should CEOs Speak Out on What Is Right and Wrong?
Jan 26, 2017 // America is a society at war with itself.
View at Psychology Today
11 interview questions from bosses like Elon Musk and Larry Ellison that seem to have nothing to do with the job
Jan 10, 2017 // Cites an anecdote about Larry Ellison from Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management. Ellison, executive chairman and CTO of Oracle, made it a point to only hire exceptionally talented employees, and coached his recruiters to ask, “Are
View at Business Insider
The AI That Can Tell Advertisers When You're Willing to Switch Brands
Jan 09, 2017 // Cites a BBC piece written by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, where he argued that the carefully curated algorithms that predict our behavior might be making us narrow-minded by limiting our options.
View at Daily Mail
Women Entrepreneurs, Bosses, and Leaders
Jan 02, 2017 //
View at Psychology Today
The Top 10 Books on Creative Leadership In 2016
Dec 26, 2016 // Lists Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, as one of the top business bestsellers of 2016. (Similar coverage in Business Insider and The Washington Post.)
View at Forbes
Resisting the Tyranny of Algorithms in the New Year
Dec 23, 2016 // Cites a BBC piece written by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, in an article that discusses how in order to be creative leaders and hopeful innovators people need to be shocked out of their normal patterns.
View at Inc.
How to Distinguish Yourself as a Superboss
Dec 20, 2016 // Features an interview with Sydney Finkelstein, about the rise of the superboss.
View at Silicon Republic
How to Find a Mentor on an Elevator Ride
Dec 15, 2016 // Cites Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, in an article about how to successfully find a mentor and the responsibilities of an apprentice.
View at Fortune
Year-End Special: Five Popular Business Books of 2016
Dec 15, 2016 // Lists Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, as one of the top business bestsellers of 2016.
View at The Economic Times
Algorithms are Making Us Small-Minded
Dec 13, 2016 // In his latest piece for "Syd Weighs In," Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, examines the consequences of living in a world that is curated by the use of algorithms.
View at BBC
These Are the Leaders of Tomorrow
Nov 12, 2016 // Cites the Harvard Business Review article, “Secrets of the Superbosses,” written by Sydney Finkelstein, in an article that examines the characteristic traits of future leaders.
View at Huffington Post Germany,
What Do You Need to Do to Become a Superboss?
Nov 10, 2016 // An interview with Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, about how supervisors can develop an appealing management style—becoming a superboss—to attract more talented empoyees.
View at Silicon Republic