Wall Street eases up, a little, on junior bankers
Several major investment banks have recently announced changes to junior bankers’ work schedules.
Women-owned hedge funds outperform the market
A new study finds they beat both the S&P’s 500-stock index as well as a broad index of hedge funds, and attributes that to two main reasons.
Target CEO opens up about data breach
The interview comes at a critical moment for the discount retailer.
Zappos says goodbye to bosses
It's called a “holacracy,” and the online retailer is the largest company so far to try out the new organizational structure.
Useful resolutions for federal leaders
Sure, the old problems have not gone away, but your management approach has room for growth in 2014.
Can you teach a businessman to be ethical?
In an interesting twist, creative people cheat more than others, because they are better at finding self-serving justifications.
Gates issues harsh critique of Obama in new memoir ‘Duty’
The former defense secretary describes a contentious relationship with the president and his top aides.
Training a new generation of special agents
“In the next five years, the attrition rate among our special agents is going to increase to roughly 40 percent.“
The addictive power of money
Economic research tends to find that an object’s value goes down as quantity goes up. But a new study shows a wrinkle in that theory.
Your boss likes her job more than you do
Being in charge has its perks: More money, more control, more power. And apparently, more job satisfaction.
A link between female leaders and higher GDP
A new study found this correlation particularly in countries that have a lot of ethnic strife.
The American CEOs with the smallest egos
A new study attempts to rank CEOs based on their use of narcissistic language.
Leadership books to watch for in 2014
Twelve books coming out in the new year look like promising reads for leaders.
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