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How Employee Feedback May Have Prevented Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

Great Leadership By Dan

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. And 37 people would still be alive.

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. This is a management failure, not a technological problem. Why Your CEO Is a Security Risk. But security?

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Owning up to our own behavioral biases is a worthwhile starting point to discussing the problem of managing infrequent, severe events. Make risk a strategic priority. Data from the U.S.

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How an American Express Executive Drives Growth

Harvard Business Review

Prior to joining American Express in 2010, Schulman was CEO of Virgin Mobile and Priceline. Schulman: The global head of human resources at American Express was on the board at Virgin Mobile, where I was CEO. After we sold Virgin Mobile to Sprint, he suggested I talk to Ken Chenault, the CEO of American Express.

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The Big Picture of Business – Biggest Excuses They Use… and You Should Avoid: Rationales and Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Strategy Driven

We’ve got the latest technology. Our human resources department takes care of that. Examples: This company reflects the character of its CEO. The wise CEO is one who listens to others, surrounds himself-herself with smart people and fosters a spirit of teamwork. Our people were hired to do their jobs.