Lesson to learn from Ghosn’s fall from grace


  • Letters
  • Friday, 12 Apr 2019

THE stunning downfall of the flamboyant CEO Carlos Ghosn is a lesson that when leaders confer unlimited authority and power to themselves, they believe they are infallible.

Ghosn was hailed as “Mr Fixit” for steering a struggling Nissan to profitability. And that too after the Japanese car manufacturer, at one time among the most popular in the world, against all traditions and norms consented to having a foreigner as its head.

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