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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

It’s a symptom and sign of the times, a systemic problem of what I believe is society’s making. Crime exposed, the CEO, John Stumpf, apologized…but is that enough? There are plenty of pundits predicting Stumpf’s ouster, and that may well happen, but Wells Fargo’s behavior is not isolated.

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From CEO to Novelist: Not without Perseverance

In the CEO Afterlife

The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. The quintessential CEO has all the support systems. You feel good for about a day or two. Mr. Bell became a consultant. He helped big brands, including Maple Leaf Foods, Starbucks and Campbell’s Soup. But ennui set in. “It

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From CEO to Novelist: Not without Perseverance

In the CEO Afterlife

The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. The quintessential CEO has all the support systems. You feel good for about a day or two. Mr. Bell became a consultant. He helped big brands, including Maple Leaf Foods, Starbucks and Campbell’s Soup. But ennui set in. “It

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Dennis Kozlowski Was Not a Thief

Harvard Business Review

On January 17, Dennis Kozlowski will be released on parole by the State of New York after serving an 8 1/3 year sentence in the state’s tough prison system. Kozlowski is the former CEO of Tyco International. But like the meeting minutes, the directors’ testimony was unreliable.

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The Great Splintering

Harvard Business Review

Blow up the financial system? There's looting your local superstore — and then there's, as Nobel Laureates Akerlof and Romer discussed in a paper now famous among geeks, there's looting a bank, a financial system, a corporation.or Here's a state-subsidized bonus. Steal a video game? You're toast." (To an entire economy.