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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld: Bowlers for Bankers? Don't Import Failed UK Governance Cliches

2013-05-14T17:24:35Z

JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon is just the lastest to be ensnarled by the annual "separate the roles" campaign -- independent of lack of evidence these arrangements improve governance.

Read more: Corporate Governance, Fraud, Corporations, Ceos, Corporate Leadership, Chairmen, Corporate Boards, Ceo Chairman Separation, Jamie Dimon, Business News

The Best Paying Jobs In America

2013-05-14T08:24:06Z

Though C-level executives are infamous for what many consider to be their excessive pay, it turns out those sporting scrubs in the operating room brin...

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Ethan Rome: Big Pharma CEOs Rake in $1.57 Billion in Pay

2013-05-08T08:19:24Z

For people who were blown away to learn recently that the 11 largest global pharmaceutical companies made an astonishing $711 billion in profits over the last decade, here's another measure of the industry's greed.

Read more: Fraud, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, CEO Pay, Jay Rockefeller, Corporate Profits, Prescription Drug Costs, Medicare Part D, Ceos, Drug Companies, Prescription Drugs, Medicare Prescription Drug, Medicare, Drug Prices, Health Care, Barack Obama, Business News

Chris DeRose: What to Do If a 'HiPPO' Is Running Your Company

2013-04-22T13:36:50Z

How does a leader initially hailed as the second-coming of Steve Jobs, ready to reinvent a 111-year-old staid retailer, crash and burn in such dramatic fashion? If JC Penney's board members had studied Amazon more closely, they might have discovered the answer.

Read more: Leadership, Judment on the Front Line, JC Penney, Business, Judgment, Ron Johnson, Executives, Management, Ceos, Business News

Sarita Gupta: Calling Out the Corporate Charade

2013-04-17T08:35:41Z

Shareholder season is upon us, marking the beginning of another round of corporate America's dog-and-pony shows held to placate their cronies and pat each other on the back for another profitable year.

Read more: 1 Percent, 99 Percent, Walmart, Bank of America, Shareholders, Executive Pay, Workers, Corporate Profits, 99 Percent Spring, Wells Fargo, Ceos, Tax Loopholes, Sallie Mae, Peabody Energy, Shareholder Spring, Business News

Carol Evans: Racism, Sexism and Now Flexism: Being Anti-Flex Puts You On Wrong Side of... Everything

2013-03-19T13:55:05Z

Anyone following this mislead will be on the wrong side of working moms, marathoners, the differently abled, the young, the aging, the executive caring for her in-laws, even the single guy with a new puppy!

Read more: Workplace Flexibility, Working Mothers, Marissa Mayer, Workforce, Ceos, Flexible Schedule, Face Time, Flextime, Women News

Adam Hanft: "I Quit!": What CEOS, Including Andrew Mason, Can Learn From Pope Benedict's Decision

2013-03-14T18:41:58Z

A new tradition of CEOs stepping aside when they know that there are better equipped leaders for their companies would be a valuable contribution to capitalism. Sometimes -- as Pope Benedict reminded us -- the current CEO doesn't have a prayer.

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The Top 20 African-American CEOs In Business Today

2013-03-14T09:16:59Z

It didn't take very long for Benzinga to identify dozens of the top African-American heads of big-name American firms, despite an overall lack of repr...

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David Peck: Can NextGen CEO's Guide Us to a Different Era of Capitalism?

2013-03-05T15:54:32Z

While not too long ago many CEOs were hipsters, time seems to have taken its toll. These days, most operate as minders of the status quo -- old-school capitalists, equal parts American Dream, ever-higher profits, low or no taxes and "kill or be eaten."

Read more: Business News, Leadership, Baby Boomers, Executive Coaching, Economy, Management, Ceos, Compassionate Capitalism, Newgen Ceos, Business News

Jacqueline Corbelli: Women CEOs Make the Tough Decisions. Just Ask Marissa

2013-03-05T09:30:57Z

Ms. Mayer's role is not to be satisfied with the status quo, but to shake things up and revive an iconic company that stood on the brink of irrelevance. These are the tough decisions. If Marissa were Matt Mayer, would the response have been different?

Read more: Interactive Tv, Women, Women CEOs, Marissa Mayer, Ceos, Interactive, Technology, Yahoo, Women in Tech, Marissa Mayer Yahoo, Women in Business, Technology News

Mike Myatt: The Next CEOs - 10 CEO Ready Leaders

2013-03-01T17:28:49Z

The 10 leaders profiled below represent different industries, different disciplines, and even a few different countries, but they all share one thing in common - they're all CEO ready. Meet my predictions (in no particular order) for the next crop of chief executives...

Read more: Walmart, Women's Empowerment, Leadership, Microsoft, Gisel Ruiz, BNY Mellon, Bbdo, Simon Bond, Intel, Women in Business, George Willis, Success and Motivation, Ubs, Ania Lichota, Mike Myatt, Marc Butler, Success, Brian Kibby, Basab Pradhan, Diane Bryant, Ceos, Ceo, Nicolas Petit, Mcgraw-Hill, Infosys, Ups, Baidu, Diversity, Jennifer Li, Google, Albridge, Business News

Mary Buffett: On Apple/What CEO Tim Cook Should Do

2013-02-27T17:59:11Z

Apple shareholders will meet this week for their annual meeting. No shareholder meeting in recent memory has been this chock full of behind-the-scenes drama, intrigue and lawsuits than this year's conclave. It's clearly the most important week in Tim Cook's stewardship.

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Tony Schwartz: What Women Know About Leadership That Men Don't

2013-02-24T13:44:06Z

Empathy proved especially difficult for me whenever I felt vulnerable. My instinctive response was to protect myself, most often with aggression. I equated aggression with safety, and vulnerability with weakness. Today, I recognize the opposite is often true.

Read more: Leadership, Leadership Skills, Women in Business, Empathy, Ceos, Female CEOs, Business News

Successful Leaders Do 15 Things Automatically, Every Day

2013-02-20T13:25:59Z

Leadership is learned behavior that becomes unconscious and automatic over time. For example, leaders can make several important decisions about an is...

Read more: Top CEOs, Leadership, Starting-a-Job, Leaders, CEO Pay, Successful Leaders, Ceos, Procrastination, Small Business News

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld: Putting Trust on Cruise Control at Carnival

2013-02-19T20:26:32Z

Most bosses have been skillfully coached to conduct themselves in public in ways where they appear to care about building trust despite how they may vary in actual leadership choices. Can there be a more management mantra than "build trust" with key constituents?

Read more: Carnival Triumph, Meg Whitman, Leadership, Jamie Dimon, Micky Arison, Carnival Cruise Lines, Jetblue, Ceos, Business News

Report: High CEO Pay Relies On 'Self-Serving Myth'

2013-02-11T08:41:10Z

A new report undermines a common rationale for paying chief executives huge sums.

The notion that CEOs will jump ship lured by the offer of better ...

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LOOK: The CEO Hall Of Shame

2013-02-08T09:14:59Z

The bigger they are, the harder they fall, especially when "they" are corporate chieftains raking in millions every year.

What's that? You need ex...

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Obama To Meet With CEOs

2013-02-04T18:45:25Z

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with chief executives from 12 companies including Goldman Sachs Group Inc's Lloyd Bla...

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David Peck: The 5 Subtle Signs of Workplace Fear and Stress -- And How to Manage Them

2013-01-25T11:36:38Z

Let's face it -- unless you're a U.S. Supreme Court Justice or tenured professor, "job security" is an oxymoron these days.

Read more: Stress, Leadership, Fear, Workplace, Executive Coaching, Ceos, Careers, Business News, Business, Management, Business News

Marissa Mayer Snaps Up Startup

2013-01-23T08:38:23Z

By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O> said on Tuesday it has bought "social news" start-up Snip.it, the late...

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Too Old To Be CEO At 48?

2013-01-17T08:19:01Z

Baby boomers aren't retiring. Recession-battered savings, and the prospect of a decades-long retirement, have left them clinging to their jobs, keepin...

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CEOs Push To Raise Retirement Age

2013-01-16T14:55:21Z

WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Securi...

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Fred Wilson: Becoming a Boss

2013-01-15T09:50:41Z

There are a number of ways to handle this conflict that arises between the maker in you and the manager in you.

Read more: Running a Business, Managerial Advice, Managers, Ceos, Business Advice, Leadership Advice, Lena Dunham, Small Business News

Charlie Nelms, Ed.D.: 20 Things Every Aspiring HBCU President Should Know

2013-01-04T17:21:08Z

Given the amount of time and money invested in presidential searches, and the cost of failure, I'm convinced that the time is ripe for executive search professionals to reexamine how they approach their work and to make adjustments as warranted.

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Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross: Reputation Trends for 2013 -- Now and Ahead

2012-12-31T01:01:02Z

As the year ends, a shout-out for building responsible executive reputation is in order. We are lucky to have leaders like Bill Gates and Bill Clinton who have devoted their next chapters to responsible endeavors that make a difference. Reputations can be burnished in surprising ways.

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