Some executives gathered at our table believed that what matters for CMOs is internal influence.

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No thanks, say the British, who prefer to see plenty of executives around the mahogany table too.

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The table below includes eight executives and one director who followed Hassan from Pharmacia to Schering.

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The most common response was a seat at the table with other senior executives.

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Failure to resolve the obstacles that keep women from these roles means executives are leaving money on the table.

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Friedman soon found himself at a conference table, ringed by executives.

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At a time when the U.S. economy and the stock market are looking for a leg-up, corporate executives are leaving economic development opportunities on the table because they fail to invest, engage and learn more about how to connect culturally with this vibrant Hispanic consumer segment.

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Lunchtime is 90 minutes long, and if you eat it here you are surrounded by executives, seamstresses, truck drivers and, at one table, an extended family of rugged Eastern European stonemasons whom Cucinelli has kept more or less constantly at work for years.

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An experienced employment attorney can help protect employees, including executives and professionals, from the risk of waiving rights unnecessarily or leaving money on the table.

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As the modern antidote for boardroom boredom, cellular phones have allowed jaded executives to play the addictive Snake or text rude jokes to their colleagues under the cover of a conference table.

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