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P&G Put a Woman in Charge of Razors. Then It Handed the Rest to Men
Opinion

P&G Put a Woman in Charge of Razors. Then It Handed the Rest to Men

P&G had promised a woman would run it someday. This year the company that banks on women made sure someday got further away, handing beauty, babies and tampons to men and a razor to a woman.

A $48 Million Paint Job: What the Reflecting Pool Teaches Us About Leadership
Leadership

A $48 Million Paint Job: What the Reflecting Pool Teaches Us About Leadership

Washington renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool twice. The algae came back both times. What I told the 70th Commonwealth Leaders Forum why that is a leadership problem, not a plumbing one.

Maithreyi Seetharaman·

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Choose your heroes wisely
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Choose your heroes wisely

‘They’ tell you - you should never try to meet your heroes, lest they be found to have feet of clay. ‘They’ would be wrong! Well, they would be wrong if your lifelong hero was Dame Dr. Jane Goodall.

Staff·7 min read·
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