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August 29, 2011

Can (or Should) Tim Cook Replace Steve Jobs?


The day after Steve Jobs resigned as CEO, Apple stocks dropped as much as 7%. Though shares have recovered since, concerns persist whether Jobs' long-time adviser and successor Tim Cook can step into his larger-than-life shoes, despite (or because?) Cook's reassurances that "Apple is not going to change." Can Cook replace Jobs? (Or, for that matter, would he want to?)

August 14, 2011

What Do Leaders Do All Day?

What do top executives actually do all day? Where do they invest their energies, how do they communicate, what are their roles, their key challenges? A new doctoral dissertation from the School of Management at Leipzig affords a rare glimpse behind the scenes. It is not a pretty picture. Most leaders fail to invest enough time in standing in the future.