Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Contingencies and roles in structuring corporate power
- Part II Small numbers at the top
- 4 Professional duos
- 5 Trios and bigger executive constellations
- 6 United careers of small numbers at the top
- Conclusion: From small numbers to corporate governance regimes
- Appendix
- References
- Index
4 - Professional duos
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Contingencies and roles in structuring corporate power
- Part II Small numbers at the top
- 4 Professional duos
- 5 Trios and bigger executive constellations
- 6 United careers of small numbers at the top
- Conclusion: From small numbers to corporate governance regimes
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
Two are thus able to accomplish what one might never have accomplished alone.
Farrell, 2001, p. 158At the end of 1990 … Steve [Friedman] and I were named co-chairmen … We told everyone to assume that either of us could speak for both and that touching base with one was sufficient. This worked because we shared the same fundamental views about the firm, trusted each other totally, kept in close touch, and were both analytically minded in our approach to problems.
Robert Rubin, former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, in Rubin and Weisberg, 2003, p. 101The documentaryStartup.com, by co-directors Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim (2001), brings to light the rise and fall (out) of the professional duo of high-school buddies Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, the founders of the e-venture govWorks. This classic buddy story, set amidst the dotcom frenzy and its subsequent crash on April 14, 2000, reveals the personal and professional struggles of the two childhood friends and partners in this start-up company who sought to develop a site that facilitates transactions between local government and citizens. The story is a realistic account of the nature and dynamics of professional duos, two issues at the heart of this chapter.
There were several professional partnerships associated with the documentary, which was made by the tight, two-person crew, co-directors Hegedus and Noujaim.
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- Sharing Executive PowerRoles and Relationships at the Top, pp. 111 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005