1. Why do company boards tend to hire charismatic CEOs?
2. What can corporate boards do to minimize the charisma effect when filling chief executive officer and other senior executive positions?

Does the cult of CEO charisma really make a difference to company profits? This NBC program takes a brief look at chief executives who acted like superheroes but failed to deliver, as well as a few low-key executives who really made a difference. The program hears from Harvard Business School professor Rakesh Khurana, author of Searching for a Corporate Savior, a book warning that charismatic leaders are not necessarily effective leaders.