The retailer brings about 2,000 managers a year to its headquarters to discuss how to relate to workers and customers, part of a U.S. corporate trend.
Category: Executives and Management (Theory)
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Tesla’s Board Chair Under Scrutiny for Oversight of Elon Musk
Robyn Denholm, who has led the electric car company’s board for more than five years, has been criticized for not serving as a check on Mr. Musk.
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Walmart Offers Store Managers Company Stock to Make Them Feel Like ‘Owners’
The retailer has been raising wages for store associates. It’s now turning its attention to improving salaries and benefits for their bosses.
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Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit
The buyout giant KKR pioneered a model of granting ownership stakes to employees at portfolio companies. Now it wants the approach to spread.
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Crying at Work and Other Experiments in Emotion
A member of a laboratory team wants her colleagues to share their feelings on the job.
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Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs
The company’s owner has been plunged into a maelstrom in recent weeks as its senior executives have been forced out.
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Musk Demands Bigger Stake in Tesla as Price for A.I. Work
Elon Musk, the electric car company’s chief executive, said he would “build products outside of Tesla” unless the board raises his stake to 25 percent.
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How to Win More Games Than Anyone
At 70, Tara VanDerveer will soon be the most successful college basketball coach of all time. She believes in experimentation, asking for help, and the art of the controlled meltdown.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd Is Stepping Down as Bumble’s C.E.O. After a Decade
Ms. Wolfe Herd, who founded the women-centered dating app in 2014, will be replaced by Lidiane Jones, the chief executive of Slack.
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When Your Age, and Everyone Else’s, Is Showing
Colleagues of different generations can bridge age gaps. But first, they must ask some questions.
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Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating?
UPS, the Hollywood studios and the Detroit automakers appear to have been taken aback by the tactics and tougher style adopted by new union leaders.