In the CEO Afterlife

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The Latest in Corporate Bail Outs – Women

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This raises several questions for corporations, the most important being the impact this emerging trend will have on future performance. That ought to bend the bail out trend. . Women are ditching upper-management positions and bailing out before breaking through the glass ceiling.

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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

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Campbell’s 10-year sales trend is stagnant and their profits are down. They have added a vast array of canned goods, juices, fresh and frozen foods, organics, and baby food to their core soup business. These additions account for 70% of Campbell’s sales. You’d think their revenues would have soared. Think again.

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My #Twitter Transfusion | In the CEO Afterlife

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Five weeks of active use and I’m up-to-speed on the latest business trends. I’m still shocked by the impact of this social network on my daily life. I feel like I’ve had a massive transfusion of instant knowledge. One of my favorites is an anonymous twitter account entitled @mktgdouchebag.

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Green Company, Red Products, Black Ink | In the CEO Afterlife

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Whether the CEO is driven by personal ethics, a socially changing world, or headlines praising “sustainable” organizations, business is finally responding to the green trend—albeit slower than many would like to see. Our business should be more sustainable.”

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3 Small Steps for a CEO, One Giant Leap for a Leader

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Nonetheless, I suspect meetings at 18 hours a week isn’t a declining trend. This infographic from the Wall Street Journal captured the typical work week of a Chief Executive Officer in November of 2009. Fast forward to 2012 and “answering e-mails” would surely bite into the time-starved CEO’s work week.

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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

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Respect the Bean” plays into one of two coffee culture trends that Johanna Faigelman, cultural anthropologist and CEO of Human Branding, has seen in her research of the space. That’s a good [trend] to hook onto as a coffee manufacturer in terms of where our psyches are when it comes to the ethics of food.

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