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314. What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?

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What Does a Ceo Actually Do?

The monda is the part public figure. So if anything goes wrong or rightit company, there's a man or woman standing up in the press to take the flack and praise. They spend about a day a week talking to wall street and younow other big investors. A they also spend a huge amount of time on personal management, human resources. The mediun ceo in america at least has probably four or five employees. When people mention c o, they think of an older white man in charge of a company of ten thousand people. But actually, almost every so out that you're going to make is going to be in charge of five or ten people. There are

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