Harvard Business Review
JUNE 15, 2017
Although the fall of Yahoo was probably inevitable, our fascination with celebrity leaders has resulted in an extraordinary amount of interest in Marissa Mayer’s recent resignation as CEO, in particular her $23 million golden parachute. We are not used to female leaders getting away with failure (or success).
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 18, 2012
In 2009 he called off the $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems in part due to Sun's egregious golden parachutes. As he concludes his career, he leaves his successor, Virginia Rometty, with an iconic giant poised to dominate its industry for decades to come. Palmisano once said, "The CEO is not the brand!
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In the CEO Afterlife
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
For John Richard Bell it was a bizarre change in career direction. The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. And one spent years writing a potboiler about a Yugoslav pilot in World War II betrayed by his girlfriend, shot down over the Adriatic Sea and jailed in a U.S. Last month, a U.S.
In the CEO Afterlife
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
For John Richard Bell it was a bizarre change in career direction. The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. And one spent years writing a potboiler about a Yugoslav pilot in World War II betrayed by his girlfriend, shot down over the Adriatic Sea and jailed in a U.S. Last month, a U.S.
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