Leadership - CEO Today

The Kiss of Death: A Change-Resistant Business Culture

October 19, 2020

Though large organisations are rushing to become more agile, a business culture that will not embrace change may undo all of their investments.

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John Lewis Plans New Services in Shift from Retail

October 16, 2020

The department store company and Waitrose owner now plans to invest in eCommerce and build rental homes.

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Pub Chain JD Wetherspoon Makes First Loss Since 1984

October 16, 2020

Founder Tim Martin blamed “ill-thought-out” COVID-19 measures for the company’s £105.4 million loss.

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Starbucks Ties Executive Pay to Diversity Goals

October 15, 2020

The new executive compensation policy comes as part of a raft of measures intended to improve diversity in the coffee titan’s workforce.

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Virgin Australia Union Ends Talks Amid Reports of CEO’s Departure

October 14, 2020

The Transport Workers Union has expressed worry that new owners Bain Capital will cut more jobs and ignore old promises.

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How Collaboration Can Be More Effective Than Competing to Be "Number One"

October 13, 2020

By endlessly chasing 'wins' over their peers, business leaders are setting themselves up for an impossible task - and missing a far healthier path to success.

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IBM Plans to Split Its Business in Two

October 12, 2020

The long-lived technology giant will divest of its legacy IT systems to refocus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

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The CEO's Reading List for World Mental Health Day

October 9, 2020

Each year, 10 October is marked as World Mental Health Day, but the unprecedented challenges of 2020 have made the issue more important than ever.

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EasyJet Poised to Make First Annual Loss in Its History

October 8, 2020

The airline, which has operated for 25 years, approaches a definitive loss for 2020 as travel restrictions are tightened.

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Ikea Plans Physical Expansion Even as Customers Move Online

October 7, 2020

The furniture giant’s new CEO plans to open a record number of new stores, but with a different format from before.

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Co-Operative Bank CEO Resigns, Prompting Leadership Search

October 6, 2020

The departure of Andrew Bester after two years has sparked a search for the bank’s sixth chief executive in under a decade.

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What the Open Source Community Can Teach Us About Knowledge Sharing

October 5, 2020

One of the greatest hurdles multinational companies struggle to overcome is the inability to effectively communicate information across the business's various branches. But even as employees become more isolated than ever before, open source culture can break through these knowledge silos.

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