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When to Resign, and When to Clean Up the Mess

Harvard Business Review

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is leading a course correction (no scandal involved) after some analysts said she had taken her eye off the core product and thus should tender her resignation. Soon after becoming CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra faced revelations about extensive automotive defects and deaths attributed to them.

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Fixing a Weak Safety Culture at General Motors

Harvard Business Review

Fox Business reported , “Barra found out about a review of the Cobalt in December, when she was still head of GM’s global product development.” Creating a new leadership position focused on safety is a double-edged sword. Fact 5: Product assurances. In fact, it’s more dramatic than that. Consider the case of Allan Mulally.

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