How FT Alphaville, Sandra Rupp & CEO Paul Polman Saved Unilever
Posted on: March 2, 2017
“We cannot choose between growth & sustainability. We must have both.” UNILEVER CEO
“Unilever and CEO Paul Polman are the crown jewel of the consumer products industry.” Sandra Rupp, Executive Coach in FT comments (she now has viewers in 100 countries)
“Introducing the priceless Sandra Rupp.” FT Alphaville
Each morning I wake up to my Financial Times alerts on my smart phone to see headlines about my Davos CEOs. About ten days ago, I almost fell out of bed….There was a story in FT Alphaville (founded by the talented Paul Murphy) about Unilever stock and something going on with Kraft Heinz. As a world’s top business thinker, the first thing I did was head for my laptop and Twitter where I can read headlines of 25+ global publications. Next I was on the phone to a friend at a top hedge fund in New York asking him to tell me more about private equity firm 3G. Interestingly Warren Buffett helped my Dad find his CEO job back in the ’70s. I had even consulted to companies like Cadbury. I had to work fast, I had to take my comments to the FT, and I had to get creative in order to save CEO Paul Polman and Unilever’s visionary Sustainable Living Plan. At the time he was an innovator and highly regarded by other Davos CEOs (I learned later that he is dangerous, misguided and not a nice man). And the rest is Herstory: Yes FT Alphaville, Sandra Rupp, CEO Paul Polman and even Sir Martin Sorrell at WPP helped save the most historically sustainable company in the world: UNILEVER. And I want to work with CEO Paul Polman and CMO Keith Weed to communicate the importance of The Sustainable Living Plan to investment managers around the globe. When we look back on business history, I believe we will see this as a KEY turning point for shareholders, consumers & employees. And I look forward to many more years ahead for Unilever which was successful in fending off a takeover in record time with my help. Watch my video: Paul, let’s take everyone from Sustainable to Flourishing!
Executive Coach, Advisor and Smart TV Anchor Sandra Rupp was placed on the THINKERS50 Guru Radar List for the world’s top business thinkers & has been recording videos to CEOs ever since. Buy her new Video on Demand/DVD on Amazon.com called CAREER NAVIGATION: 7 Steps to Success. Follow her Tweets @ExecCareerCoach and Subscribe to her YouTube Channel. With a deep background in Executive Search, Career & Leadership Coaching, and Media Presenting, Sandra has an MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern and also studied at Oxford. Contact www.parthenonadvisors.com RSVP Social Media: www. sandrarupp.com
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