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Apple and Tim Cook's next steps
Like many leaders who evolve from being smart to wise, Tim Cook is showing evidence of leadership changes. Here's what we expect from the CEO.
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The secret to success? Make laziness embarrassing.
Successful people create accountability systems that boost important but not urgent items to the top of their priority lists -- ideally in a way that makes failure really uncomfortable.
Apr 23, 2013 11:45 AM ET -
Why companies need to change the way they change
The only thing that can be safely predicted is that sometime soon your organization will be challenged to change in ways for which it has no precedent.
Apr 22, 2013 5:00 AM ET -
Young America: Victims of irrational optimism
The effects of the financial crisis are still weighing on Millennials, but policy makers and business leaders are fooling themselves into believing that opportunities are ripe for America's younger set.
Apr 19, 2013 11:42 AM ET -
The benefits of being stupid at work
Why employees who aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer -- at least not that anyone can tell -- might do best of all.
Apr 17, 2013 11:57 AM ETPosted in: careers, communication, Employment, Ignorance, Intelligence, Office politics, Peter Principle, Psychology, Sheryl Sandberg, Stupidity -
NYU's part-time MBA: Worth the hustle?
Can you handle eight hours at the office, school at night, and multiple legs of New York City public transportation travel all in the same day?
Apr 16, 2013 3:00 PM ET -
Is there really such thing as a 'global CEO'?
If you look at the people who have become CEOs at the world's largest 2,500 public companies in 2012, most are natives, both to their company and their firm's home country.
Apr 16, 2013 5:00 AM ET -
Coming to a workplace near you: Fines for being fat?
When it comes to obesity -- a stubborn condition that the sharpest medical minds can't reliably treat -- is it fair to penalize an employee for staying heavy?
Apr 15, 2013 12:10 PM ET -
You've got 60 seconds with Warren Buffett: What's your pitch?
Forty-two startup hopefuls delivered a minute-long hypothetical pitch to the Oracle of Omaha at Rice's Business Plan Competition. Here are our favorites.
Apr 12, 2013 3:54 PM ET -
How to win a business plan competition
Past Rice Business Plan Competition victors dish on when to ignore the judges, how to pick investors, and what to do after you go home.
Apr 12, 2013 12:49 PM ET
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Co-CEO Walter Robb says changes in the way we eat is broadening Whole Foods customer base. Play -
Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb says the secret behind the brands returns are quality and authenticity. Play -
Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb says companies that empower their employees to innovate move forward faster. Play -
Co-CEO Walter Robb says that Whole Foods' policy of limiting executive salaries to no more than 19-times the average employee, instills 'good faith' in the company. Play
