8 Ways Rookie CEOs Can Turn Failure Into Success
About 76 percent of top CEOs departing for any reason last year were rookies, up from 58 percent in 2011.
About 76 percent of top CEOs departing for any reason last year were rookies, up from 58 percent in 2011.
You’ve been a mid-market CEO for more than a decade, but you’ve got this unique idea and you want to go out on your own. What’s it like to be a startup CEO? Mashable has the answer.
Soggy sales and wilting earnings are slicing into the pay package of General Mills’ CEO Ken Powell.
Entrepreneurs are notorious for falling into the do it yourself (DIY) habit. That may be good for home-repair people but not for business people. And especially not rising executives.
Two-thirds of Americans report that the amount of work they do outside normal working hours has increased “a little” to “a lot” because of mobile technology advances over the last decade.
What’s often missed in the discussion of CEOs and social media is the inherent risk of ignoring this powerful communications channel.
After Yelp posted the first quarterly profit in its history last week, the online business-review site was panned on Wall Street. The company’s stock plummeted 11 percent the day after the results came out, wiping out its gains for the year.
Fortune interviewed Bruce Boussard, chief executive of Humana, about the rise of big data and telemedicine and how it will impact health care and associated costs.
Outsiders say new chief executive Claure’s focus will be on attracting customers to Sprint—perhaps by reaching for the growing Hispanic market—while bolstering its financial performance and assuaging stockholders who saw their shares tumble 24 percent last week.
Five of the top 10 housing markets for chief executives are in Florida; two are in California; the remaining three are in Colorado, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
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Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
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General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
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The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.