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Executives on Demand: What are part-time CEOs and why does every business need one?

SkillQuo

billion in revenue in 2009. Leaving these kinds of holes in an SMB can be disastrous, though, as an on demand CIO assists you in identifying and implementing more efficient, future-proof and streamlined IT processes whilst reducing risk with better security strategies. McKinsey research in 2011 found that 58% of U.S.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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Consultant Marketing Solo DoubleTrouble

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Not long after that I was trying to convince the man who has now been a client for a decade that moving from doing turnarounds as a CEO or COO to Leadership and Management Consulting was significantly different and that he did not have a team in place to handle the shift. He wrote a book called Start with Why back in 2009.