Should You Pay Your Kids for Good Grades? Many CEOs Do
We don't want our kids to be average," says David Perdue, CEO of Iviation, an aviation networking site in Cordova, Tenn., who pays his second- and fourth-grade children for A's and B's and gives them bonuses for making the honor roll. Are CEOs onto something? Is paying kids for good grades a secret of success? That's debatable, but it's no secret among educators and real estate agents that neighborhood schools with children who have the highest college-entrance test scores are those where the parents are well-educated and successful. And the most successful parents may be more likely to pay for grades.
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Lions and Tigers and Lawsuits, Oh My
The C.E.O. of the parent of Ringling Bros. talks about the unusual business of the circus. The world's largest live-production company which produces not only the famous circus, but also traveling extravaganzas licensed by the Walt Disney Co.: Disney On Ice, Disney Live, and High School Musical among other things. But not everything under the big top is family-friendly fun. There have been disastrous incidents-notably the near-fatal Bengal tiger attack on Roy Horn in October 2003 that abruptly ended the profitable Feld-produced Siegfried & Roy act in Las Vegas. And there are a couple of ongoing lawsuits that have attracted a lot more negative publicity (including a withering 60 Minutes) than many corporations could easily withstand. In October, a federal court in Washington is expected to try an elephant-abuse lawsuit against Ringling Bros.
Interview With Kenneth Feld - Portfolio.com