Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I know of the CEO of a company who takes Fridays off during winter as “personal ski days.&# I can’t see one. 2 Linda C Smith December 17th, 2010 at 3:17 pm This is an interesting article and interesting that this topic would come up with female leaders at Purdue. I’ve noticed that male leaders take time off.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

As the CEO you have final say, but your employees can provide thoughts that you may have overlooked, which can actually add to your business plans. They will feel like you value their input, and take it into consideration when making decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2018

“So it’s important that American policy makers and American think-tanks can look at a model that costs a fraction of what they pay and see that it has similarly good outcomes.” Devi Shetty, wanted to disrupt U.S. “For the world to change, America has to change,” Shetty told us. Bottom line: U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. Be open to creating new work policies and benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Behavioral science research tell us that households, small business owners, and CEOs of multinationals alike are prone to overweight recent adverse events, follow the decisions of their peers , compartmentalize risks , and engage in many other behaviors that economists have traditionally considered peculiar. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Education crowdfunder DonorsChoose.org, which finances classroom-based projects, is a good model of success. As the organization has grown, CEO Charles Best has encouraged senior executives to take on increasing responsibilities. For example, Cesar Bocanegra started as VP for operations, then asked to take on human resources as well.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. The counseling is just one aspect of a broad commitment to embed gender considerations in all of KWFT's HR policies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Last month, Fox News agreed to pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the network’s former Chairman and CEO, who resigned in the summer. ” The Ailes case commanded a lot of media attention, but it was not all that unique.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Under the leadership of Anthony Tersigni, Ascension’s president and CEO, the organization has sought to become much more efficient at delivering health care. Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Scholars from a number of fields have offered explanations for this transition, including globalization, technological change, declining unionization, heightened product market competition, and the rise of finance. In other words, even given the pressure CEOs are under, there is room for them to do more or less for their workers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

IT-based management-control systems, starting with finance and human resources and including distributed-innovation systems, are critical to ensure the policies and governance guidelines are effectively implemented in geographically dispersed locations. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

When Luisa took over as CEO after his death, she'd vowed to continue the tradition. The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president. The policy is the policy.". She dialed the extension of Superado's vice president of human resources, and he picked up on the first ring.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

All the best strategies, policies, and plans start with a vision — that is, being clear on how you intend for your company to benefit from behavioral science. If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. Higher-ambition CEOs know who they are, and how they lead and run their companies reflects their personal values and principles. Personal Integration.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

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