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How to Hire a CEO You Won’t Want to Fire

Harvard Business Review

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

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How to Hire a CEO You Won’t Want to Fire

Harvard Business Review

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The military continues to lead the way on energy and climate. For over 200 years, from Thomas Malthus to the Limits to Growth gang, many people have made the case that it won't be long before we'll run out of food, energy, materials, and on and on. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

This may seem like a regional story, but it has global ramifications for manufacturing, consumer goods, the energy industry, and much more. Germany, and Walmart — add lots more renewable energy. In October, 99% of the new energy added to the grid in the U.S. In October, 99% of the new energy added to the grid in the U.S.

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Talent Management: Boards Give Their Companies an "F"

Harvard Business Review

They are realizing it can no longer solely be the charge of HR executives or even of the CEO and top management — and that they must integrate talent management with the long-term strategic goals of the organization if they are to have any hope of claiming competitive advantage. What would this leadership look like over time?

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There’s a Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change. Business Should Fill It

Harvard Business Review

Some sectors and companies bear more of the up-front expense of tackling carbon emissions, with the energy sector being the most obvious one. It’s 50 times Walmart’s 2010 supply chain goal , and it sets a high bar for others to aspire to. In apparel, this is more than aggressive. will follow his lead.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

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