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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

NASDAQ: APPL ) has named Andrea Jung , CEO of Avon  (NYSE: AVP ), as the eigth member of its board of directors. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. Andrea Jung is the first woman and the first Asian to hold a seat on Apple’s board.Â

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Meg Whitman, 51, has been quoted saying a CEO should never stay with the same company for more than 10 years, because by that time the company needs a fresh outlook. She joined eBay in 1998 and now, 10 years later, she’s following her own advice and leaving the company she helped drive to online success.

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Best HR Software Providers: Standard-setters in performance tracking to 401(K) management

HR Digest

Founded 2011. Gusto was founded in 2011 as ‘ZenPayroll,’ a name later changed to Gusto. The all-in-one HR solutions provider aims to automate as much as possible, particularly onboarding and offboarding, employee data and paperwork management, PTO management, compensation packages, and even regulatory and compliance tasks.

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Drinking the Talent Kool-Aid | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If I only had a nickel for each time a CEO has told me “We have the best talent in the industry.&# If CEOs spent half as much time on talent initiatives as they do complaining about talent, their companies would see significant improvement thus obviating the need for all the complaining.

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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. In some countries, leaders spend as much time thinking about compliance issues as they do strategy issues.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing.

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