... the following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Berglas done for CNN by Casey Wian.

(CNN Announcer) Retired General Electric boss, Jack Welch, is widely regarded as the best CEO of his generation, but his recent affair with a reporter had many people wondering what's up with that executive decision. Such foolish behavior is almost predictable, according to some experts. CNN's Casey Wian has that.

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CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Jack Welch reached the pinnacle of American business and that may be exactly what led the retired chairman of General Electric to risk his marriage and reputation by having an affair with a prominent journalist. According to psychologist, Steven Berglas, who's studied and written about executive behavior for 25 years, there were even warning signs during Welch's last days at GE.

STEVEN BERGLAS, "RECLAIMED THE FIRE": When I saw him go after Honeywell and try to acquire it and defer his retirement, predicating on the belief that he was best suited to, you know, complete that deal, it struck me that this is a man who viewed retirement as a form of death. And he would need something much more stimulating than hocking his book on college campuses to keep him alive.

This is a reprint of an interview with Dr. Steve from the Case Blog

With the resignation of Eliot Spitzer two weeks ago, I started to reflect on why someone who has climbed the mountain would self-destruct in such a public manner. I decided that a professional could provide more insight than the news pundits and commentators, so I turned to a friend, Dr. Steven Berglas, who I recalled had written a book in the late ‘80s on this behavior, The Success Syndrome. What follows below is an interview I conducted with him. At the end of the interview, there is a brief biography of Dr. Berglas and a list of several of his other books and articles. I trust that you will derive as much value from his insights as I do.

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