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Living the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Those who follow my blog have an idea of how I’m spending my time as a retired CEO. Bottom line, I love the challenges of my CEO afterlife and I’m every bit as goal-oriented as I was thirty years ago. Looming retirement can be awfully daunting to a CEO, especially to those who define themselves by their job. Resourceful.

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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Is There a CEO Afterlife? Those of you who have followed my blog have an idea of how I’m spending my time as a retired CEO. Looming retirement can be awfully daunting to a CEO, especially to those who define themselves by their jobs. But, not every CEO follows this trodden path. Leadership.

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This is a Post on Leadership

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“This is a motivational quote.”. Next I make the jump from childhood story to talking about some motivational element that really has more to do with personal development than leadership. Here is a paragraph describing a recent headline-dominating story about a fallen CEO and his (or her) golden parachute.

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Stop Making CEO Pay a Political Issue

Harvard Business Review

Donald Trump has called high CEO pay “a total and complete joke” and “disgraceful,” arguing that CEOs stack boards with their buddies who rubber-stamp excessive pay. First, to cap, or at least force the disclosure of, the ratio of CEO pay to median employee pay. In the U.S.,

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The Compensation Silly Season

Harvard Business Review

Tis the season when public companies publish their 10Ks, complete with the Compensation Disclosure and Analysis section revealing the pay of their five most highly paid officers, including the highest paid of all, the CEO. When these figures are made public, the business media have a field day. Comparisons are made to other U.S.