What is the C-suite? Roles, responsibilities and how to make it
Nov 9, 2023 · The chief executive officer (CEO) is the most senior C-suite executive in a company and is ultimately responsible for managing the organisation. Charged with maximising the company’s value, CEOs report directly to the board – and may even be the chairman. The face of the company, every other role reports to the CEO, requiring them to be ...
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The benefits of charity: how corporate giving can reward businesses
CAF's analysis of the FTSE 100 financial reports for the year ending in 2022 show that £1.85bn was committed to communities and charity – the same as when the report was last published (2016). This effectively means a 17% cut in funding. Corporate giving would have needed to rise to £2.24 billion in 2022 to achieve the same spending power.
The world's greatest storytellers - Raconteur
Dec 17, 2014 · Fifty three per cent chose living storytellers, while forty seven per cent chose those who have passed away. The top five included William Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens and Stephen King. But more than an overwhelmingly popular result, what is most striking about the results is the diversity of the votes, which begs the ...
What it's like to live and work in Qatar - Raconteur
Sep 20, 2022 · The Qatari working week runs from Sunday to Thursday, with the weekend falling on Friday (the Islamic holy day) and Saturday. The statutory maximum working week is 48 hours, comprising eight hours a day over six days. If you are being paid overtime, that can go up to 60 hours, comprising 10 hours a day over six days.
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Mapping the B Corp movement in the UK - Raconteur
22 Nov 2023. The B Corp movement has grown rapidly in the UK. Founded in the US in 2006, B Lab, the company responsible for accreditation, began certifying UK companies in 2015. In its first year, B Lab UK registered fewer than 100 B Corps, but today the number of certified UK B Corps is more than 1,700 (of which Raconteur is one).
Dinner party guest list of dreams, from Mahatma to Marilyn
Dec 11, 2015 · But the cornerstone of any ideal dinner party is, without a doubt, its guest list. Marilyn Monroe and Winston Churchill sit at the heads of our dream dinner table – charming, smart and bold in spades. Of all our 1,200+ votes (each voter got 3 votes), it was this ultimate American female icon and ultimate British male icon of the 20 th century ...
The greatest inventions of all time - Raconteur
Mar 27, 2015 · Necessity is the mother of invention. But no one has ever asked – “what would be the father?”. We’d argue that it’s imagination. Somewhere at the intersection between needs and dreams, practicalities and possibilities, are the foundations of great inventions. Our respondents voted for everything from penicillin to bicycles to ‘0 ...