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How to Regain the Lost Art of Reflection

Harvard Business Review

But some CEOs have managed to resist these tendencies. A 2015 Harvard Business School study showed that CEOs’ schedules typically leave them with as little as 15% of their time for working alone. At AOL, Tim Armstrong has simply instructed executives to spend one-tenth of each working week on reflective thinking.

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What CEO Activism Looks Like in the Trump Era

Harvard Business Review

In 2015 and 2016, we witnessed dozens of CEOs speaking up against anti-LGBT laws in a handful of states such as Indiana , Georgia , and North Carolina. For example, Oath/AOL CEO Tim Armstrong tweeted “Hard 2 Believe #charlottesville taking place. Most of these CEOs have been based in the U.S., but many lead global companies.

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