Ashton Jackson

2 days ago | cnbc.com | Ashton Jackson

If you're speaking with Mickey Drexler, ditch the formality. The 80-year-old chairman of clothing brand Alex Mill, and former CEO of Gap and J.Crew Group, says he'd much rather colleagues and employees address him like a regular person, using his first name only. "No one can call me 'mister.' I don't care who it is," Drexler said during a LinkedIn interview on April 10, adding that the title goes against his leadership philosophy of being on the same level as the people around him.

3 days ago | cnbc.com | Ashton Jackson

Ralph Lauren CEO Patrice Louvet doesn't sandwich his criticism between two compliments, he says. Instead, he gets his point across in one of two ways. For smaller issues, he starts with a person's strengths and then mentions areas of improvement, and for bigger ones, he jumps right into direct, constructive feedback — skipping the positives altogether, he told LinkedIn's "This Is Working" podcast in an episode that published on April 10.

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Ashton Jackson |Jade Scipioni

Some people would jump at the opportunity to sell their startup for eight figures. Not Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings. During Netflix's early days, its two co-founders got a call that Jeff Bezos wanted to meet them, Hastings said on a December episode of the "First Time Founders with Ed Elson" podcast. After arriving at the company's headquarters in Seattle, it was clear that Bezos wanted to buy Netflix to jump-start Amazon's entry into the video market, Hastings said.

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Ashton Jackson

FarmboxRx might be Ashley Tyrner-Dolce's brainchild, but bringing the company to life wasn't a one-woman show. Tyrner-Dolce founded her New York-based food subscription service in 2014 after struggling to find and afford fresh fruits and vegetables as a young, single mom.

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Ashton Jackson

After almost five years as a CEO and more than 16 years of C-suite experience, Zig Serafin says he's cracked the code to becoming highly successful. The key, he says, is to balance "having your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground." In other words, you need to be practical enough to handle the responsibilities, challenges and unexpected setbacks of your everyday job while continually pushing toward an ambitious big-picture dream.