At the start of this year, a slew of major retailers were searching for the right person to fill their chief executive roles. Most of those companies have now found […]
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For four years beginning in 2014, Tiffany Palliser worked at Panera Bread in South Florida, making salads and operating the register for shifts that began at 5 a.m. and often […]
The Retail C.E.O. Pipeline Is Running Dry
“We’re seeing a lot more folks in the consumer space coming to us to say, ‘Hey, can you help us train our people with these skills and not just train […]
Goldman Sachs’ Marcus Consumer Banking Move Turns Costly
The combination of high interest rates and fast inflation has hit Goldman especially hard because of the slowdown in its most profitable businesses. In sales and trading, Goldman’s revenue last […]
How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed
When Jack Welch died on March 1, 2020, tributes poured in for the longtime chief executive of General Electric, whom many revered as the greatest chief executive of all time.David […]
Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking.
Garry Ridge, who runs the chemical company WD-40, has a leadership style guided by two sources — Aristotle, and the BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink.“Pleasure in the job puts perfection […]
A Hybrid-Work Challenge: Monitoring Attendance
“We would have more of a policy following up with people on why they weren’t showing up,” she said.But many workers, across industries, are resisting the prospect of having their […]
Bosses Are Finding New Ways to Drive Employee Satisfaction
From that understanding has sprung a recognition economy, which takes many forms: “employee of the month” plaques (and associated free parking spots), holiday chocolates, indoor food trucks. Those perks have […]
How Freelancing Is Changing Work
Hayden Brown grew up with parents who were out to change the world. Her mother worked on women’s empowerment issues, and her father helped develop a national park in the […]
Sundar Pichai Faces Internal Criticism at Google
OAKLAND, Calif. — The seeds of a company’s downfall, it is often said in the business world, are sown when everything is going great.It is hard to argue that things […]