Fred Goodwin, disgraced former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, was notorious for what were nicknamed “morning beatings”, where he focused rage and ridicule on his lieutenants. According to Shredded, Ian Fraser’s new book, the senior team would play Hangman while waiting for the meetings to start, “to see who might be ‘strung up’ next”. Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers was known for his short temper and intimidating style. The wrath of Robert Maxwell, the late media tycoon, was epic.
蘇格蘭皇家銀行(RBS)名譽掃地的前首席執行官弗雷德?古德溫(Fred Goodwin)因被戲稱為“早晨打擊”的會議而聲名遠揚——他在會上對下屬極盡批評和嘲諷之能事。根據伊恩?弗雷澤(Ian Fraser)的新書《Shredded》，蘇格蘭皇家銀行的高管人員會在等待會議開始時會玩“劊子手”(Hangman)游戲，“以便看誰可能是下一個‘被吊死的’”。雷曼兄弟(Lehman Brothers)的理查德?富爾德(Richard Fuld)以脾氣暴躁和管理風格令人生畏而聞名。已故媒體大亨羅伯特?馬克斯韋爾(Robert Maxwell)的憤怒則是史詩級別的。