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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

He applied for a financial manager job at Disney and was one of 1400 candidates. Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college. He talks about his exciting career journey, which started at the Naval Academy, then to British Petroleum, and finally to Disney.

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The Key to Campbell Soup’s Turnaround? Civility.

Harvard Business

You can shorten meetings in an effort to value people’s time and write personal thank you notes for jobs well done. When Doug took over as CEO of Campbell Soup Company in 2001, the company had just lost half its market value, sales were declining, and the organization was reeling from a series of layoffs. Set Expectations.

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How Companies Escape the Traps of the Past

Harvard Business

I found that the companies that survive and thrive are good at aligning their organizations around three critical but competing activities : Box 1: Manage the present at peak efficiency and profitability. ” He continued, “let’s not launch Product X version 2 and instead focus all our efforts on Product Y.”

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