The Godfather of CEO Megapay: McKinsey Consultant Arch Patton Didn’t Invent...
When fast-food workers walked off the job in several U.S. cities a few weeks ago, it was like a blast
View ArticleMcKinsey’s Dirty War: Bogus ‘War for Talent’ Was Self-Serving (and Failed)
Remember The War for Talent? That was the name of a 1997 article and popular 2001 book written by the
View ArticleMcKinsey Chieftain Snags Waverly Place Pad for $9.65M
What did the boy born in Uganda to the Canadian nurse and the Canadian missionary grow up to be? Why, a management consultant of course!
View ArticleDefense Says Gupta Won’t Testify on Own Behalf, Reversing Course or Simply...
Rajat Gupta, the former McKinsey & Co. chief executive accused of leaking corporate secrets to hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam,
View ArticlePro-Bailout Party Prevails in Greek Election, Bond Markets Move Against...
Whither Europe: Greece’s center-right New Democracy party won 29.7 of the vote in parliamentary elections yesterday, claiming the 50-seat bonus
View ArticleBharara Announces Insider Trading Plea on Heels of Guilty Verdict in Gupta...
A former marketing executive at AT&T pled guilty to insider trading charges after providing sales data for the Apple iPhone
View ArticleGreek Parties Still Negotiating Coalition, Wall Street Still Girding for...
Whither Europe: Greece’s leading pro-bailout party—conservative New Democracy, which won Sunday’s elections, and socialist Pasok—are still negotiating to form a
View ArticleFormer McKinsey & Co. CEO Rajat Gupta Gets Two Years Prison Time for Insider...
Rajat Gupta, the former chief executive officer of McKinsey & Co., was sentenced to two years imprisonment for insider trading
View ArticleThe Humbling of Rajat Gupta: When Uncommon People Commit Common Crimes
When Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison last Wednesday, the government finally nailed to the wall the
View ArticleThe CEO Factory: Ex-McKinsey Consultants Get Hired to Run the Biggest Companies
Over the past 12 months, my 4-and-a-half year-old daughter has gone deep into Lego. And I’ve gone right along with
View ArticleThe Single Best Way to Retain Talent: Inspire a Culture of Recognition
According to McKinsey, praise and commendation by your immediate manager is more motivating than performance-based cash bonuses.
View ArticleAutomation Invasion: Robots Are Coming for Your Job
Who cares? Anyone interested in remaining employed.
View ArticleRaj Rajaratnam’s Former Assistant Likes Sequins and Another Thing We Learned...
Caryn Eisenberg took the witness stand this morning in a black halter top covered by a sequin-studded cardigan and told jurors that Rajat Gupta was among a select group of confidants who could reach...
View ArticleJPMorgan Selling Assets Post-London Whale, Citi Kills Committee That Oversaw...
Squeeze play: JPMorgan has been selling profitable securities to prop up second-quarter results after the bank’s chief investment office and the trader known as the London Whale incurred billions in...
View ArticleJudge Jed Rakoff Says U.S. vs. Gupta Reveals Business Ethics Rotten to the Core
After 16 years presiding over white collar cases in the U.S. District Court’s Southern District, you’d think Judge Jed Rakoff would be hard to disallusion. Not so. It only took six days for the...
View ArticleGalleon Traders Cheated Investors, Companies With Inside Trades, Drew the...
To the list of difficulties in prosecuting securities fraud, let’s just say people who’ve pleaded guilty to insider trading do not make the most credible witnesses. Exhibit A: Michael Cardillo, a...
View ArticleAs U.S. v. Gupta Grinds on, Architects of Financial Meltdown Go Unpunished
For anyone who’d like to see the bank executives who led America into the teeth of the financial crisis strung up by the laces of their Prada wingtips, a trip to the Southern District courthouse in...
View ArticleThis Bio-Hacking Anti-Aging Product Has a Unique Cult Following: Doctors
Three years ago, Eric Marcotulli, Dan Alminana and Leonard Guarente launched Elysium Health, a direct-to-consumer company that connects the public to scientists, cutting through the clutter of big...
View ArticleMcKinsey Hires Saudi Princelings—Could It Be Innocent Nepotism?
The Wall Street Journal has put McKinsey & Co under the microscope for its overseas hiring practices, reporting that the prestigious American consulting firm has hired relatives of Saudi officials...
View ArticleCompanies with Diverse Executive Teams Are More Profitable: McKinsey
Women and minorities often face discrimination in boardrooms ruled by white men. But a new study shows that corporate diversity isn’t just a moral policy, it’s an economically rewarding one. A new...
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