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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

GE’s Jack Welch (pictured above) divides his time consulting with companies, travelling, golfing, lecturing at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and donating time and money to business education. He was 62, a golden parachute strapped to his back, but no hobbies or interests beyond business.

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Lessons From the Military: Your Risk is My Risk, Too

Harvard Business Review

Leading people in risky environments is not a game with a reset button, a golden parachute, or a bailout clause. That kind of zero-sum game is for cowards, and in the end, we all pay the price for this type of latent, toxic leadership. Risk has faces and names.