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. Leading a turnaround requires much more than making a splash.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Palmisano warned against prioritizing shareholders or other constituents, calling this "a false choice," and explaining that "Long-term management is a serious challenge in a world driven by short-term thinking. In 2009 he called off the $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems in part due to Sun's egregious golden parachutes.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For John Richard Bell it was a bizarre change in career direction. The management team focused on coffee. The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. POW camp full of homicidal Nazis. Yet it all worked out in the end. Last month, a U.S. More than 300 workers lost their jobs.

CEO 100

CEO Golden Parachute Books Brand 100

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For John Richard Bell it was a bizarre change in career direction. The management team focused on coffee. The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. POW camp full of homicidal Nazis. Yet it all worked out in the end. Last month, a U.S. More than 300 workers lost their jobs.

CEO 100

CEO Golden Parachute Books Brand 100