In the CEO Afterlife

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Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order.

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In the CEO Afterlife

For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis. Why HR and the CEO Should be Joined at the Hip [link]. The reasons were obvious and I’m not arguing against this relationship.

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