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Coronavirus Crisis: Reasons for Hope During These Dark Times

The Practical Leader

Stock markets should bounce back more quickly than the six years it took the Dow Jones Average from 2007 to 2013 to recover. If you’re tempted to panic right now, do remind yourself that Americans have a long history of being slow off the mark during a crisis — and then pulling together to mount an overwhelming response.

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Preview Thursday: Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

This paradigm is often called the “ shareholder primacy ” model, and it underlies our capital markets and business models. A short-term focus on profits led to the 2008 financial crisis and is creating worsening climate risk on a daily basis. But then something happened to change my view of the shareholder primacy model.

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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

billion as of March 2013 (per Forbes Magazine.) We know the PC market is in a free fall and we know the financials of the company ad nauseum, but what about the brainpower, ingenuity and creativity that is needed to steer this behemoth in the right direction? Yes, Michael Dell is an icon of the stature of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

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How Serious Is Japan’s Labor Shortage?

HR Digest

Japan is facing a serious labor crisis, with the number of workers expected to decline by over 11 million by 2040. What can Japan do to solve its labor crisis? The country’s aging population, coupled with a decline in the working-age population, has created a massive imbalance in the job market.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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The Beer formerly known as Albino Rhino

In the CEO Afterlife

This person was offended by the brand name of a whimsical beer marketed by the Earls Restaurants chain. Earls said they would re-name the product by April 24, 2013. Simply pulling “Albino” and going with “Rhino” would probably suffice, but that’s an easy-out for a lazy, complacent marketer. Is there better way?

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Insure the Fairness and Integrity of the Financial Industry

Coaching Tip

As the country sank into a severe recession, many wondered why the major figures in the financial world, whose firms had recieved billions of taxpayer dollars at the height of the crisis, weren''t being punished for their misdeeds. Source: The New Yorker, November 11, 2013. . Stock Market What is' Related articles.