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Women Leadership Changes in 2013

Coaching Tip

General Motors named Mary Barra to be the next chief executive officer (CEO). Kathleen Taylor was named the next chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 19, 2013. It’s hard to believe that at the end of 2013 we still see more than a few all-male corporate boards and leadership teams.”

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. Second, they must become a trusted consigliere to the CEO. He is a highly valued and trusted thought partner to CEO Bruce Broussar d.

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An Oxymoron: $1-to-2 Billion Penalty With No Wrongdoing

Coaching Tip

SAC CEO Steven A. Source: The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2013. Taylor Caldwell: Captains and the Kings. Reason Why 2013 Stock Prices are in the Stratosphere. The payment by SAC, run by star manager Steven A. Cohen , is expected to be roughly $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion, according to these people. Related articles.

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How Reddit the Business Lost Touch With Reddit the Culture

Harvard Business Review

But the business does need to be fluent in the values and dynamics of its community, just as the airline’s CEO needs to understand that passengers should be treated differently than freight. Fourth, Reddit initiated the 2013 online protests against SOPA/PIPA that led to major websites sites shutting down for a day in protest.

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Apple, Spotify, and the Battle over Freemium

Harvard Business Review

Taylor Swift famously removed her entire catalog from Spotify to demonstrate that music should be perceived as valuable, which the freemium model fails to do. For example, CEO of Sony Music Doug Morris said he equates free music with the decline of the music business. The artist gave up $6 million in revenue by doing so.

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Give Your Team the Freedom to Do the Work They Think Matters Most

Harvard Business Review

Since at least the time of Frederick Taylor, the father of “scientific management,” control has been central to corporate organization: Control of costs, of prices, of investment and—not least—of people. billion in revenue in 2013. Michael Steffen / EyeEm/Getty Images. The results have been impressive.

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Is Experiential Learning The Future Of Professional Education?

The Horizons Tracker

This has certainly been the case at HeroX, a spinout from the XPRIZE group that was created in 2013 with the express wish to make it easier for organizations to create the kind of challenges for which the XPRIZE have become famous. But if trained the right way, juniors have tremendous potential,” József Boda, CEO of CodeCool told me.