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More CEOs demand ‘moonshot’ pay—billions in compensation for aggressive, seemingly impossible targets

More CEOs demand ‘moonshot’ pay—billions in compensation for aggressive, seemingly impossible targets

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A 19-year-old NBA intern landed a private meeting with LA Clippers CEO from a cold email—she told him ‘to do work that you can do for free’

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Former Cisco CEO John Chambers navigated the dot-com crash—now he sees the same red flags with AI

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Scott Galloway says the key to landing jobs is be as social as possible: ‘70% of the time, the person they pick is someone with an internal advocate’

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Meet John Ternus, the 50-year-old former swimming champ rumored to succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO

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‘It’s always better to drink wine a year early than a day too late’: McKinsey’s CEO whisperers on successfully transitioning out of the top job

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By Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra and Kurt Strovink
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Colleges teach learning, but they’re not learning how to survive

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‘You better buckle up’: DBS’s Tan Su Shan prepares for AI, crypto, and geopolitical change

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