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Quiz: Which organizations change leadership the least?

Which has had fewer leadership changes in the last 100 years: The Catholic Church or General Electric?

It’s international quiz time on the Marketplace Morning Report. Stephan Richter, editor-in-chief of the online international affairs magazine, The Globalist, brings us the question below. 

Going back to 1892, which of the following institutions has seen the fewest changes in leadership?

a. The Catholic Church
b. IBM
c. The United States
d. General Electric
e. The United Kingdom

Scroll down to see the answer and click on the audio player above to hear more about leadership around the world. For full text version of this Globalist Quiz, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d. General Electric. CEO Jeffrey Immelt is the company’s ninth leader since 1892.

 

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