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From CEO to Novelist: Not without Perseverance

In the CEO Afterlife

He climbed the advertising and marketing ladder, and eventually became marketing director at Nabob Foods in Vancouver. The management team focused on coffee. The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. Nabob, when Mr. Bell arrived, had too many brands, and lost money.

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From CEO to Novelist: Not without Perseverance

In the CEO Afterlife

He climbed the advertising and marketing ladder, and eventually became marketing director at Nabob Foods in Vancouver. The management team focused on coffee. The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. Nabob, when Mr. Bell arrived, had too many brands, and lost money.

CEO 100
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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. Palmisano could not have succeeded at placing values at the center of IBM's operations without strong principles of his own.

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Offering Retirement Benefits to Employees: Pros and Cons

HR Digest

The employer has the right to change as well as terminate the qualified retirement benefit plan or even discontinue operations; thereby abandoning the policy restricting it for only business requirements. Golden parachutes: This is an agreement between the companies and the key professionals. Conclusion.