Today’s New York Times spotlights the rich payouts to failed CEOs, drawing special attention to three CEOs who recently were fired: Carol Bartz of Yahoo, Léo Apotheker of HP and Bob Kelly of Bank of New York Mellon. (See my earlier posts on how these departures were communicated.) While it may spark outrage, these payouts […]

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In London, the Observer newspaper recently published an interview with Sting, in which he discusses his life and music, and I’m recommending it and a companion video as this week’s Friday Risk Reading. The parallels between Sting’s childhood and early career and that of Keith Richards (who is My Business Guru) are pretty striking.  Sting […]

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Technology giant HP is demonstrating still another way to fire the CEO – by leaking your intentions to the media.  The New York Times and other media outlets, citing anonymous sources “with knowledge of the board’s actions,” are reporting that the board is preparing to oust CEO Léo Apotheker, who has been in the post […]

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Even if you’re not an ardent baseball fan, you have to be impressed with Mariano Rivera, the incomparable relief pitcher for the New York Yankees, who two days ago set the record for most saves, at 602.  Sports writers long ago ran out of superlatives for describing Rivera’s talent and durability, and the crucial role […]

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