Aussie vs US CEOs - US study

Interesting survey result - from Workforce Week: "Those Fun-Loving Aussies: Australia's "work to live" culture is borne out by results of a recent study. Australian CEOs tend to take more risks, while U.S. executives are more conservative in their business practices, according to a survey commissioned by the Executive Connection, an Australia-based organization for CEOs. Although both Australians and Americans are described as "hardworking, socially skilled and self-confident," Australia CEOs tend to be more flexible and willing to take risks than their U.S. counterparts, who are more likely to do things "by the book." The information was gathered through personality assessments administered to 55 Australian CEOs by Hogan Assessment Systems of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their responses were compared with nearly 8,500 U.S. business leaders across a range of organizations and business sector."

I'm a little surprised that the US CEOs aren't more 'entrepreneurial' in that 'risk-taking' sense, but maybe we are talking about different things. As always the devil is in the details with any survey. In other words, please take with a grain of salt!