“Eight Management Lessons From the Mishandled NYT Firing”

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While few people agree on just about any aspect of Jill Abramson’s dismissal as executive editor of the New York Times, there’s general consensus on this: The company didn’t handle it well. “When someone is embroiled in a dispute, you become myopic and you see...

Target CEO Ouster Shows New Board Focus on Cyber Attacks

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Matt Townsend, Lindsey Rupp and Jeff Green, Bloomberg, May 6, 2014 Chief executive officers beware: Data breaches can now cost you your job. Yesterday Target Corp.’s board ousted CEO Gregg Steinhafel in the wake of a hacker attack that compromised the...

11 “ambassadors” of American entrepreneurship come to Athens

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Katerina Sokos, Kathimerini, April 27, 2014 Preparations for a visit to Greece by the largest business delegation from the U.S., are entering the home stretch. According to reports, the 11 “ambassadors” of American entrepreneurship will come from a variety...

How to Protect Corporate Brands Around the World

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T&C Press Release, Bloomberg Businessweek, April 22, 2014 “Reputation management for brands and executives takes on new meaning in a global, connected, 25/8 environment,” says Davia Temin, CEO of marketing, media, reputation and crisis leadership...

GM Faces More Tests as Documents Show Culture of Denial

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Jeff Green and Tim Higgins, Bloomberg, April 14, 2014 The hundreds of pages of documents released by lawmakers last week shed new light on General Motors Co. (GM)’s more than decade-long failure to respond to auto-safety complaints, underscoring the...

Barra’s review, from those who’ve been on hot seat

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Amy Haimerl, Crain’s Detroit Business, April 6, 2014 As General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra faced congressional panels last week, she may well have felt like it was a firing squad. The members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight panel...