Research shows the behaviour of business leaders could be directly linked to their experiences in childhood

Friday, October 3, 2014 - 06:20 in Psychology & Sociology

What makes a great leader? Effectiveness? Experience? Volcanoes? It might seem unlikely, but new research from a team of academics, including Raghavendra Rau, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, suggests that experiencing a natural disaster at first hand during your early childhood can have a profound impact on your strategic and tactical decisions in later life.

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