This post is part of an HBR Spotlight examining leadership lessons from the military.
“Retail Is War Without Blood”: What Foot Locker’s CEO Learned in the Army
This post is part of an HBR Spotlight examining leadership lessons from the military. Ken Hicks, the CEO of Foot Locker, formerly the president and chief merchandising officer of J.C. Penney’s, graduated from the United States Military Academy and spent six years in the army just after the Vietnam War. HBR talked to Ken about […]
November 15, 2010
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