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When will the news media stop defining female CEOs by their age?

  By Emily Price March 10, 2023 When it comes to media coverage about female business leaders, mainstream outlets are forever preoccupied with age.   That’s according to a new analysis by Cision, a platform for marketing and PR professionals. It took a look at the most commonly used adjectives to describe C-level leaders in … Continue reading When will the news media stop defining female CEOs by their age?

Boomerang CEOs have a bad track record lately, but Iger’s return makes sense for Disney

  By James Surowiecki November 23, 2022 In January 2008, Starbucks made a shock announcement: Its founder and former CEO, Howard Schultz, who had stepped down seven years earlier, would be returning to run the company once again. Starbucks’ stock price had fallen 42% in 2007, as the company saw its growth slow dramatically, and … Continue reading Boomerang CEOs have a bad track record lately, but Iger’s return makes sense for Disney

Sara Nelson to CEOs: You’re going to run a better company when you have unions

By Kristin Toussaint September 22, 2022   The efforts to unionize companies like Amazon and Starbucks have clearly been popular among workers, who have voted to unionize and helped organize locations across the country. But the CEOs of those companies have been less welcoming of the labor movement.     When asked if he could … Continue reading Sara Nelson to CEOs: You’re going to run a better company when you have unions

Gartner: Artificial Intelligence More Important Than Metaverse To Most CEOs

Gartner: Artificial Intelligence More Important Than Metaverse To Most CEOs by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 26, 2022 The metaverse might be the latest buzzword for the advertising industry, but as it turns out, most CEOs participating in a Gartner survey ignore the technology. They want to avoid wasting effort on concepts that are … Continue reading Gartner: Artificial Intelligence More Important Than Metaverse To Most CEOs

CEO’s Guide to Growth Through Ease of Business & Ease of Work

Lynn Hunsaker January 18, 2022 “Customer-centered management is straightforward business sense,” declared the first article1 in this six-part CEO’s Guide to Growth series. Indeed, this declaration is reinforced by the new Principles of Corporate Governance, overhauled by Business Roundtable in August 2019.2 Modern corporate governance replaces shareholder primacy with balanced attention among five vital stakeholders: … Continue reading CEO’s Guide to Growth Through Ease of Business & Ease of Work