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Companies Requiring 5 Days in Office Feels Like ‘A Time Gone By’, Says Dartmouth’s Paul Argenti
Jan 02, 2025 // Paul Argenti joins Squawk Box to discuss the return to in-person work trend in 2025.
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Squawk Pod: Apple & Disney Succession & Battling Winter Sick Season
Jan 01, 2025 // Paul Argenti joins Squawk Pod to discuss the succession plans and executive turnover on multiple corporate teams in 2025, including Apple and Disney.
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Tech Employees Go Silent as CEOs Donate to Trump’s Inaugural Fund
Dec 19, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on tech CEOs at companies such as Meta, Amazon, and Uber donating to President Trump’s inaugural fund. “Trump believes in loyalty. But you have to be 100 percent sure you can be completely loyal—and if you're Zuckerberg or Bezos, I don't think you can,” Argenti says.
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All Three of the Last Intel CEOs Have Been More Reactive than Strategic
Dec 03, 2024 // Paul Argenti joins Squawk Box to discuss Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's departure, what's next for the company, and more.
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How to Talk to Your Team the Day After the Election
Nov 04, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on how leaders should approach the day following the 2024 presidential election, including making people feel heard, setting the right tone, and creating a safe space for employees to address any concerns. “Your role as a leader is to ensure that everyone feels comfortable coming to work. I don’t…
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Dozens of Goldman Sachs Executives Are About to Get the Call of a Lifetime
Nov 01, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on the intense competition surrounding the upcoming promotion of several Goldman Sachs employees to the firm’s esteemed partnership. “It’s the pinnacle of your career. That’s where you want to be—that’s the top of the ziggurat. Everybody’s trying to get there,” Argenti says.
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The Challenge of Taking on a Drug Giant
Oct 08, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on activist investor Starboard Value's $1 billion stake in Pfizer, despite drugmakers not being obvious targets for shareholder activism. “It doesn’t make any sense to me at all,” Argenti says, noting that the pharmaceutical industry is already the “most profitable industry in the world.”
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Starboard’s Stake in Pfizer ‘Doesn’t Make Any Sense to Me at All’, Says Dartmouth’s Paul Argenti
Oct 07, 2024 // Paul Argenti joins CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss how activist investor Starboard Value amassed a roughly $1 billion stake in drugmaker Pfizer, whether Pfizer makes sense as an activist target, and more.
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America’s Institutions Retreat from Activism
Sep 15, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on corporate and academic institutions weighing in on social justice debates and the recent trend toward neutrality. “Not saying anything speaks volumes. It’s not not taking a position. It’s basically taking the position that you don’t really care,” Argenti says.
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It Was a ‘Genius Stroke’ by Starbucks to Get New CEO Brian Niccol: Dartmouth’s Paul Argenti
Aug 14, 2024 // Features Paul Argenti and his insights on the CEO change at Starbucks, the challenges facing incoming CEO Brian Niccol, and more.
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Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz Made PR Blunder With Late Apology
Jul 19, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on the social media statement from CrowdStrike CEO following a failed software update that crashed countless computer systems globally, lacking the words “I’m sorry”. “The formula is always the same, no matter what—you start by saying there was a mistake, and apologize for it,” Argenti says.
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After Trump Assassination Attempt, CEOs Speak Out but Stay Mum on Election
Jul 15, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on business leaders publicly expressing support for former President Donald Trump and condemning political violence following the assassination attempt at a campaign rally on Saturday. “If it’s something everyone agrees with, it’s pretty easy to do this, and you get the benefit of making Trump, who…
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More Companies Viewed as Liberal as Public Sentiment Shifts
May 28, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti on strategic ways to communicate around DEI and environmental matters. "It is really important to understand the gap between the reality of what your organization is doing and the way your organization is perceived," he says.
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Boeing’s Top Management Team and Board ‘Need to Be Completely Rethought’
Mar 26, 2024 // Paul Argenti joins CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss Boeing’s management shake-up, news of CEO Dave Calhoun stepping down at the end of the year, what’s next for the company, and more.
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Kellogg CEO Faces Backlash over “Cereal for Dinner” Comment
Mar 07, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about backlash Kellogg received after the company’s CEO suggested price sensitive consumers consider eating cereal for dinner. “This is a textbook example of what not to do,” Argenti says.
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Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Need to Change Culture, Experts Say
Feb 12, 2024 // Features Paul Argenti in an article about the fallout from Boeing’s latest 737 Max controversy. “Given the prior critical safety issues within the 737 Max program, it is particularly difficult to understand the continued issues over the last year,” Argenti says regarding the crisis response from Boeing leadership.
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CEOs on the Record
Feb 01, 2024 // “The only way to execute strategy is through communication, and the CEO is the major conduit to every single constituency—shareholders, employees, the media, you name it,” says Paul Argenti in an article about the rise of CEO visibility and how it can impact business outcomes.
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Restraining Orders and Recipes: 5 Things We Learned from CNN’s Martha Stewart Docuseries
Jan 29, 2024 // Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about CNN’s new four-part docuseries, The Many Lives of Martha Stewart, which premiered on Sunday. Argenti is featured in the series which chronicles Stewart’s rise to success, fall from grace, and comeback to the limelight.
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Boeing Seems to Be Focused On Profits Rather than Safety, Says Dartmouth Professor Paul Argenti
Jan 09, 2024 // Paul Argenti joins Squawk Box to discuss the latest developments in the recent Alaska Airlines 737 Max incident, what it means for Boeing as a company, how CEO Dave Calhoun can weather the current challenge, and more.
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When Corporations Weigh In on Social Issues
Nov 19, 2023 // Paul Argenti joins CBC’s Cost of Living podcast to discuss when, and how, companies should why in on controversial political or social issues.
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