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Dealing With Investors the Sam Palmisano Way

Harvard Business Review

Last fall, when it was still not clear who would be the next chief executive of Microsoft, Jack Welch recommended Sam Palmisano for the job. What was so horrible about publicly traded companies that he’d consider being a CEO again, but only if he could avoid public markets? Are today’s investors really that horrible? Short answer: no.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

Voser took a detour to be CFO for ABB from 2002 to 2004 and then returned to Shell to become CEO in 2009. Welch Leadership Center at Crotonville where leaders from other organizations (e.g., market partners to GE) can take advantage of the unique GE learning experience. Consider, for example, open enrollment at the John F.