Leadership and Careers

Why you probably can't win an age discrimination suit

A recent Supreme Court decision made proving age bias even tougher than it was before. More

Hail to the Rice Business Plan champions

Behind the scenes at the annual contest for budding entrepreneurs. More

Coke CEO Kent's leadership lesson

Coke CEO Muhtar Kent's father inspired him to respect others. More

Can a side gig help your career?

Certain kinds of moonlighting may actually help you in your main job, and wise organizations can embrace, rather than squelch, entrepreneurial zeal. More

Introverts can be leaders too

Former Campbell Soup CEO Doug Conant uses his shyness to forge close relationships and build trust with employees. More

A Harvard MBA's radical quest to erase his debt

B-school grad Joe Mihalic went on an extreme financial diet to pay down over $90,000 in debt in just seven months and charted his story through an anonymous blogging project. More

After Yahoo: Why do powerful people lie?

Why do leaders risk so much over what, in the grand scheme of things, is a small dishonesty? More

In aerospace wars, don't count Russia out yet

The tragic crash of the Russian superjet means Boeing and Airbus still control the skies -- but not for long. More

As student loans grow, so does university leadership pay

Students graduating with mountains of debt this month might want to ask why their university presidents make so much money. More

Roger Penske: Racetrack capitalist

Almost 50 years ago, Roger Penske made a choice between business and racing. Business won, and it won big. More

20 weird reasons to quit your job

Leaving to take a better offer elsewhere is nice, but pretty dull compared to climbing Mount Everest, or joining the circus. More

Career advice from Fortune 500 women CEOs

With plenty of glass in their hair, the female chiefs of Fortune 500 companies have doled out anecdotes and advice during their tenures. Here are some of their best practices. More

MBAs gone wild: Have B-schoolers gone too far?

Excessive drinking and other Mad Men-like behavior has become part of the culture of getting an MBA degree at schools like Harvard and Wharton, including, in some cases, sexual harassment. More

Dewey's decline and the rise of high-risk Big Law

The firm's fall from grace offers a look into how the once genteel, clubby world of law firms has taken on a hustling business culture of free agent partners. More

How Yahoo can get its mojo back

What if the chaos that is shaking the company could make it stronger? More

Le Big Mac attack is back

It was once the prime target of Gallic ire, but now McDonald's has found its footing in France. More

How JPMorgan made its multi-billion dollar blunder

At the heart of the JPMorgan's $2 billion whale of a trading loss was a deeply flawed belief. More

Pong for corporate training?

True Office aims to turn compliance testing into a videogame-like experience. Will firms pay for their employees to play? More

Not working: Voices of America's laid off workers

Writer DW Gibson traveled across the country in search of the Great Recession's victims. The result: Not Working, a portrait of America's 21st-century unemployed. Here are a few of the tales he came home with. More

Charlotte after bank crisis: Doing fine

Preparing to host the Democratic convention, the nation's other financial hub looks beyond its wounded institutions. More

Peter Thiel's unexpected job requirement

Hedgie hypocrisy? More

Yahoo: Chill, it's time to get down to business

Companies spar with activist investors all the time without as much spite. It's time for Yahoo to put aside the theatrics and focus on pulling off a turnaround. More

A former children's publisher goes back to school

When Deborah Kenny left behind a lucrative career to start a school for underprivileged youth in Harlem, her friends thought she was taking a huge risk. She was, and it paid off for the kids. More

How Dave Cote got Honeywell's groove back

The GE veteran and one-time cod fisherman has led a remarkable turnaround at the industrial giant. More

If Obamacare survives, employers may do it in

Whether or not the Supreme Court rules in favor of the president's health care plan, companies are going to find a way to cut costs. More

Jamie Dimon failed Crisis Management 101

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon strenuously denied that a trader's positions may have been problematic before he had investigated it. His bravado backfired. More

How to get on executive recruiters' radar screens

Giving speeches at industry events is a time-tested way to get noticed by headhunters, but Twitter has made it more of a gamble. Luckily, you have other options. More

How small businesses grow, even in a tough economy

This year's Inner City 100 companies have fought off a sluggish economy through a combination of smart investment and savvy strategy. Here's how they are doing it. More

Vying for a school lunch revolution

Riding the wave of a larger school lunch reform movement, Revolution Foods aims to deliver healthy food to the cafeteria table, without sacrificing profits. More

FedEx CEO Fred Smith on ... everything

China, the U.S. economy, the value of a good name, and why the government shouldn't pay for a liberal arts education. More

100 fastest growing inner city businesses

From a Brooklyn craft brewer to an event tent designer, America's urban core is home to a host of novel, fast-growing small businesses. Here's the top 100. More

McDonald's China CEO on bringing McMuffins to the masses

Kenneth Chan, who heads McDonald's rapid expansion in China, talks about competition with KFC, dealing with slower economic growth, and food safety. More

P&G beauty chief Virginia Drosos to step down

Exclusive: Virginia Drosos, who heads P&G's beauty business, will retire from the company this September. The company is moving its beauty headquarters to Singapore. More

How companies can avoid CEO hiring failure

Here are three ways in which companies can avoid a Yahoo-like debacle. More

Brewing a bigger business in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Brewery has grown from a small brewery to a craft beer powerhouse. Launching it to No. 67 on the Inner City 100. Play

Industrial ghost town? No, startup boomtown.

In the next 10 years, more than a billion square feet of urban industrial space will be vacant. Already, small businesses are laying claim to the post-industrial lots, often at a bargain. More

Muhtar Kent's new Coke

In four years as CEO, he has cranked up profits and trumped Pepsi in the beverage wars. Now Kent is shaking up Coke's culture and remaking the company in his own image. More

Adm. Mike Mullen: Debt is still biggest threat to U.S. security

After a 43-year military career, the former Joint Chiefs chairman is as outspoken as ever. More

Bob Iger: Disney's fun king

The Walt Disney Co. CEO is the steward for some of the most valuable names on the planet. An inside look at how he runs the entertainment factory. More

Entrepreneurs should be watching Africa

Many investors and philanthropists still miss two important points about how and why many of the continent's investors are succeeding. More

Best big companies to work for

Meet 20 companies that made both the Fortune 500 and Best Companies to Work For lists this year. More

The "random collision" theory of innovation

Leaders tend to surround themselves with people who are like them. But, creating environments where "unusual suspects" can meet is the key to generating new business ideas. More

How Hewlett-Packard lost its way

Léo Apotheker's disastrous tenure as HP's CEO revealed a dysfunctional company struggling for direction after a decade of missteps and scandals. Can his replacement, Meg Whitman, fix the tech giant? More

Bank of America meeting: Will investors even be allowed in?

Shareholders were kept out of Wells Fargo and Peabody Energy's annual meetings, in what has been a concerning trend this proxy season. Will we see a repeat at Bank of America? More

How the Fortune 500 can help bring veterans home

Business and military leaders discuss how corporations should help the current generation of long-serving veterans enter the workforce. More

Your Facebook 'likes' can get you fired

Clicking the "like" button isn't speech protected by the First Amendment, a judge ruled. Some legal experts, however, wonder if the judge understood what liking actually implies. More

WellPoint faces shareholder ire over political spending

Several major companies are seeing shareholders take steps to monitor corporate political spending, but at WellPoint board members up for reelection are facing a no vote campaign. More

Fortune 500: The directors

These six boards steer some of America's most high-profile organizations. We sneaked a seat at the table - and took a few pictures too. More

Yahoo may need to go back to the drawing board

With CEO Scott Thompson's embarrassing resume problems, the company may need to go back on the hunt for a savior. More

6 companies hiring vets

A growing number of businesses are recruiting from a bumper crop of well-trained officers and enlisted people transitioning out of the military. More

How Amazon learned to love veterans

Won over by their logistical know-how and "bias for action," the online retailer is on a military hiring spree. More

Exclusive: Gil Dibner leaves Gemini Israel

Israeli venture capitalist moves on. More

Sandy Weill just wants to move on

Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill, who pushed to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act, is among those blamed for the financial crisis. Today Weill says it's time to stop blaming and instead focus on the future. More

A master pitchman takes the stage to humanize Facebook

The star of Facebook's slickly produced roadshow video isn't Mark Zuckerberg or even Sheryl Sandberg. It's a 29-year-old the world knows little about. That's about to change. More

How top executives live (Fortune, 1955)

How do vice presidents spend their money, and their time away from the office? Here, some glimpses into the private lives of executives in 1955 who earned more than $50,000. More

The problem with the Arab world's love affair with English

It may be the lingua franca of the business world, but at what cost to the Arab world's mother tongue? More

Buffett spotlights assistant, tosses papers with Bill Gates

This morning in Omaha, Warren Buffett welcomed some 35,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders with his traditional 30-minute movie featuring back-to-back jokes-largely by or about himself. More

Exclusive: BofA loses top tech banker

Johnny Williams has stepped down as a managing director of equity capital markets with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. More

How NYC parks emerged from their lawless days

NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe discusses how the city's 29,000 acres of parkland have changed over the years, right alongside New York itself. More

Founder-controlled companies: A few cautionary tales

Some of the nation's greatest corporations started with a few people. But when trouble hits, they need to be held accountable to their many shareholders. More

Stuck in middle management? Five ways out.

In your mid-30s to late 40s and feel like you'll never get promoted? You're far from alone, but you can take steps to jump-start your career. More

When a billionaire trader loses his edge

John Arnold was once considered one of the world's top commodities traders. Now the 38-year old is leaving the business. More

More employers give green light to flexible hours

One way this economic slowdown has differed from past recessions: Efforts to help people balance work and family actually increased, says one study. More

United Technologies' $1 billion employee college plan

Looking for a corporate feel-good story? UTC's Employee Scholar Program just hit a major milestone. More

Republicans and Ayn Rand, a love-hate affair

House budget chairman Paul Ryan once credited the philosopher Ayn Rand for guiding him to public service. Now he's realizing she can be as much a curse as a blessing. More

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