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The End of Bad Leadership - Executive Edge

"Being a leader has become a mantra. It is a presumed path to money and power; a medium for achievement, both individual and institutional; and a mechanism for creating change sometimes - although hardly always - for the common good." ~ Barbara Kellerman, The End of Leadership. Read More...

Finding Career Satisfaction - Monthly Mentor

At graduation, each of us has visions of what we'll accomplish. Years later, even the best and brightest from the most prestigious universities aren't immune to feelings of failure and disappointment. Read More...

People On The Move

EBay hires Vladimir Dolgov to run Russian operations more>>

Clorox appoints two COOs to replace COO Larry Peiros more>>

SABMiller India appoints Darioush Afzali as the Marketing Director more>>

Mondelez appoints Patrick Siewart, Asia specialist to board more>>

Campbell Appoints Michael Senackerib Chief Marketing Officer more>>

Revlon appoints Francisco Cadena VP Global Demand Planning more>>

Industry News

Bayer Acquires Schiff for $1.2 Billion
German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG Tuesday bolstered its U.S. consumer-health operations with the acquisition of vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition Inc. for about $1.2 billion. Read more..

Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Izod, Speedo Brand are United in $2.9 Billion Deal.
PVH a clothing maker whose brands include Tommy Hilfiger, Izod and Calvin Klein sportswear, agreed to pay $51.75 in cash plus nearly a fifth of a share of its stock for each share of Warnaco Group Inc. Read more..

Flower Foods to Acquire Certain Sara Lee, Earthgrains Assets
Flowers Foods, Inc. will acquire certain assets and trademark licenses from BBU, Inc., a subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo S.A. B. de C.V.Under the terms of the transactions, Flowers will receive perpetual, exclusive, and royalty-free licenses to the Sara Lee and Earthgrains brands for sliced breads, buns, and rolls in the state of California, which together account for annual sales of approximately $134 million Read more...

Hain Celestial acquires Premier Foods' packaged grocery brands for EUR200m
Hain Celestial, a US-based natural and organic food products company, has completed the acquisition of some of the packaged grocery brands of UK-based Premier Foods in a EUR200m cash-and-stock deal. Read more...

Mondelez to buy snack business from Danone
Mondelez International is acquiring the Vitasnella snack business from Danone in its first purchase since spinning off from Kraft. Read more...

McCain Foods to acquire PinguinLutosa's potato unit for EUR225m
McCain Foods, a frozen food company based in Canada, has entered into an agreement to acquire the potato unit of Belgian frozen vegetables producer PinguinLutosa for EUR225m. Read more...

Carrefour sells Malaysia operation to Japan's Aeon
French retail giant Carrefour says it has sold its network of stores in Malaysia to Japan's Aeon for an enterprise value of 250 million euros ($A315.28 million). Read more...

Royal DSM acquired Cargill cultures and enzymes business
Vitamin maker Royal DSM said Friday it has reached an agreement to acquire Cargill Inc’s cultures and enzymes business in an 85 million euro ($109.8 million) cash deal. Read more...

Hunter's Horn

Many of our clients ask us to "Talent Scout" for them. As a client service offering and as a matter of internal best practice, we maintain a "Virtual Bench" of "Star" candidates in each functional vertical. Below is a sample of some of the "A" player leadership we represent in the marketplace. If you have an interest in learning more about a specific star talent or have a specific business need, please contact your Search Consultant directly. Coming in 2013.