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Governance at WeWork: Adam Neumann’s erratic behavior

By Anand Narasimhan and Shruti Bajpai

6 pages

June 2024

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Reference: IMD-7-2591

This is a fascinating case about Adam Neumann’s problematic behavior, which led to the downfall of WeWork, once one of America’s most valued startups.

Learning Objective

Board vs. powerful CEO/founder
Regulating problematic top executive behavior

Keywords

Board, Organizational Behavior, Inclusion, Equity, Diversity, Organizational Culture, Corporate Governance

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United States of America
The We Company, Services, Real Estate
2009-2019

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Published Sources

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English

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