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No Bullsh!t Leadership by Your CEO Mentor

Aug 18, 202619:20Business

Every time you fill a vacancy, you have to make a choice: do you promote someone from within, who you may know quite well, or take a punt on someone you don’t? Over my corporate career, I made both calls frequently. Some...

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