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Quita Highsmith on changing the face of HR in the pharmaceutical industry

HR Digest

Since our former CEO Art Levinson drew attention to this issue in 2007, we have gone from 16% women at the officer level to 43%. Building Gennetech’s Chief Diversity Office – In 2019, our CEO, Alexander Hardy created the role of Chief Diversity Officer, reporting directly to him.

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Businesses Are Unintentionally Limiting Their Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Imagine a CEO asks all employees for suggestions on new software features. The CEO decides to prioritize the simplified user interface concept. Similarly, in fields like pharmaceuticals, where finding the best solution is crucial, a focused search may be less efficient.

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Research Suggests Firms Should Look Externally For New Bosses

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers draw inspiration from the private equity industry, where around 75% of new CEOs are drawn from outside the firm, with two-thirds regarded as “complete outsiders” This is almost the exact opposite of recruitment in S&P 500 firms. The rewards for both the executive and the firm are substantial.

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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

It’s no surprise that just 12% of CEOs are from working-class backgrounds. Cracking the boardroom The researchers analyzed over 1,500 German firms (and their CEO) to explore whether different industries had different social classes in the boardroom.

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Lisa Petrilli: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this interview with Author, Lisa Petrilli: Chapter Title: “Leading with Character by Leading from Within” Lisa Petrilli CEO, C-Level Strategies, Inc.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. And if you’re still not convinced, just remember, the CEO of Goldman Sachs is a government major.

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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

Last week the CEO of Wells Fargo, a bank that’s been around since 1852, testified before Congress about the egregious wrong-doings committed by employees in his company all in the name of meeting sales goals. Crime exposed, the CEO, John Stumpf, apologized…but is that enough? Valeant/Philidor pharmaceutical companies.