Leadership
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German workers take more than a day off work sick, every single month—so now the government is stepping in and proposing to cut their pay for it
Most people have called in sick at least once. But in Germany, workers have been taking more than one day off sick every month for the past year—and the government has had enough. Now, it’s proposing to dock workers’ wages. German workers take an average of 14.8 sick days per year, giving the country one…
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This CEO pirated video games as a teen and became a hacker for the Air Force. Now he’s built a $3 billion cyber firm
In today’s uncertain job market, Gen Z keeps hearing the same advice: don’t map out your whole career now, just follow your instincts and trust that salary and stability will follow. Kyle Hanslovan is proof that can actually work—just not in the way one might expect. Now the CEO of Huntress, a cybersecurity firm valued…
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This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard—and it will only cost $10,000 to attend
As millions of young people weigh what comes after high school—whether that’s a traditional college degree, a skilled trade program, or skipping higher education altogether—a new option will soon enter the mix. Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, announced this week the launch of the Khan TED Institute, a joint venture with…
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A $24 billion Dutch lender is cutting its workforce—and to get the remaining staff on board, the CEO is having sandwiches with them
The $24 billion Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting a fifth of its workforce over the next three years—so how is its CEO Marguerite Bérard rallying the troops? By sacrificing her long meals and talking over the growing pains with staffers over weekly lunches. “I now take lunch early and at my desk,” Bérard told…
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The org chart isn’t ready: How AI exposed the hidden crisis inside the American corporation
Something is breaking inside the American corporation. Not the balance sheet, not the brand, not the technology stack — those are mostly fine. What’s breaking is harder to see on a slide deck and harder to fix with a budget line: the unwritten rules, shared assumptions, and organizational muscle memory that tell people how to…
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Dow’s CEO pick elevates a seasoned insider at a pivotal moment for the chemical giant
Dow is making a closely watched leadership change at a pivotal moment for the chemical industry. The company said Thursday that Karen Carter, Dow’s current chief operating officer, will become CEO on July 1, 2026, succeeding Jim Fitterling, who has led the materials science giant since 2018. Fitterling will become executive chair of the board,…
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The billionaire Anthropic cofounder who majored in literature and says knowing how to ask the right question beats knowing how to code
AI may be restoring the importance of the liberal arts degree, at least according to the cofounder of one of the industry’s biggest players. Jack Clark, a billionaire cofounder of Anthropic and a former journalist who majored in English literature with creative writing, said his literary education and knowledge of “the kind of stories that…
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Coca-Cola chairman calls work-life balance a ‘weird phrase’ and says success is down to survival—’kind of like Squid Game’
The path to the C-suite can feel long, uncertain—and at times, brutally competitive. Just ask Coca-Cola executive chairman James Quincey, who says his rise to the top had less to do with careful planning and more to do with endurance. “In the end, how did I get to where I am?” Quincey said in a…
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Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe is giving away $10 million to get Gen Z into trades—and says the skills gap has never been worse
Television host Mike Rowe saw it all on the set of Dirty Jobs. The Discovery Channel reality series brought audiences into the worlds of some of the most physically taxing and messy trade roles. It explored the daily routines of sewer inspectors, the grimy yet essential work of septic tank technicians, and the grim conditions…
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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby lies on his office floor and takes 20-minute naps—and he says it doesn’t mean he’s accomplished any less
CEOs have their own quirks when it comes to running their companies, from shoes off policies to meeting-free afternoons. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said an office nap is his trick to staying sharp over his decades-long career in business. “A thing I do that people have thought is weird is that, throughout my whole…