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...When Jason Field did just this, joining WL Gore & Associates in 2005, it could have been seen as an indication of burnout, or at the very least a tacit declaration of desire for a more routine, less pressured...
...At the same time, BlackRock has faced growing calls from shareholders, clients and influential figures such as Al Gore and activist investor Chris Hohn to step up on climate change....
...For example, WL Gore, the maker of high-tech fabrics including Gore-Tex, breaks up business units when they get beyond 150 employees....
...Even at WL Gore, CEO Terri Kelly says her authority depends on the strength of her ideas, rather than the staff vote that gave her the role....
...Gore, maker of Gore-Tex fabrics); or where 30 innovations a day are routine (Etsy, the online marketplace)....
...However, favourite examples of flat-hierarchy or super-transparent companies such as Ricardo Semler’s Semco, the Brazilian engineering group, WL Gore, US manufacturer of Gore-Tex fabric, or Morning Star,...
...Business models that she praises, such as employee-owned groups, are enjoying a revival of interest, while some of her examples of companies with less formal management structures – notably WL Gore, maker...
...He says adopting its generic constitution is more reliable than trying to copy cultures peculiar to the self-managing favourites of business thinkers, such as US companies WL Gore or Morning Star....
...won). 1992: Clinton, red; Bush, red with white stripes (the same tie as in 1988 – clearly he was betting it was lucky – bad bet, Clinton won). 1996: Clinton, red; Dole, purply red (Clinton won). 2000: Gore...
...At manufacturer WL Gore, of Gore-Tex fame, the only way to become a leader is to attract followers. Current chief executive Terri Kelly got the job because more people followed her than anyone else....
...At WL Gore, the maker of Gore-Tex fabric, there are no formal management titles: leaders become leaders by attracting followers....
...The law firm secured a victory for CR Bard, a medical technologies company, after $658m in litigation that had raged for decades with its rival WL Gore & Associates....
...Al Gore, former US Vice President, joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, another prominent venture firm, in 2007....
...WL Gore The high-tech manufacturer is a privately owned company that claims to have virtually no hierarchy whatsoever. Job titles hardly exist, and no one is supposed to boss anybody else about....
...What is the secret of WL Gore’s success?...
...Bob Doak, WL Gore, European leader, medical division I travel almost every week to the US and in Europe. I always have my Dell Latitude D430 and my new slimline BlackBerry....
...If some of the corporations that are cited as positive examples are familiar – Google, Goldman Sachs, WL Gore, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market – it is because by and large they are succeeding at making the...
...WL Gore has annual sales of $2bn and employs 7,500 people producing its high-quality specialised clothing and fabrics. It has no management layers and no organisational chart....
...“Voters already associate their economic anxieties and their other complaints – about corruption and inept foreign policy – with the Republican party.”...
...“There are very few people who supply the mandates that Gore is looking for,” says Yusuf Samad, investment consultant at Hewitt Associates and a founder of the Marathon Club, a collaboration of trustees,...
...Mr Giuliani recently signed up Paul Singer, New York-based founder of Elliot Associates, a hedge fund, to be the east coast region finance chairman for his campaign....
...Roger McNamee, a fellow co-founder of Elevation, on Thursday defended Mr Anderson: “I have known Fred as a friend and a business associate for many years....
...the technology to WL Gore & Associates, the makers of Gore-Tex - the material used in all-weather gear, and the company is set to embark on Phase I trials of the substance....
...At WL Gore, a privately held company, the only job title is “associate”. Employees who become “leaders” are evaluated by those they lead. Mr Collins’ books focused on public companies....
...Fisher, Chairman, Gap, Inc....
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