Green card ??You can't make it up...
WSJ News Exclusive | Prince Harry Is Taking on a New Job Title: Chief Impact Officer at BetterUp
The Duke of Sussex is going to work for the unicorn employee coaching and mental health startup in his latest foray into business.www.wsj.com
So he is gong to be Chief Impact Office and help other people with their mental health? Harry is going to be let loose coaching people? It's like hiring Sweeney Todd as head chef for Greggs
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Prince Harry Is Taking on a New Job Title: Chief Impact Officer at BetterUp
The Duke of Sussex is going to work for the unicorn employee coaching and mental health startup in his latest foray into business
No longer a working member of the royal family, Prince Harry has a new job: executive at a Silicon Valley startup.
The Duke of Sussex will become chief impact officer of BetterUp Inc., the fast-growing coaching and mental health firm, the company plans to announce Tuesday.
The role is the latest foray into business for the duke who, with his wife, Meghan Markle, relinquished roles as full-time working members of the British monarchy and have tapped into their celebrity with a string of lucrative deals in recent months.
“I intend to help create impact in people’s lives,” Prince Harry said in an emailed response to questions about why he’s taking the job. “Proactive coaching provides endless possibilities for personal development, increased awareness, and an all-round better life.”
In the BetterUp position, Prince Harry is expected to have input into initiatives including product strategy decisions and charitable contributions, and advocate publicly on topics related to mental health.
“It’s a meaningful and meaty role,” said BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux, who said he was introduced to Prince Harry through a mutual friend and began conversations with him last fall.
The chief impact officer position is relatively rare in the corporate world, although some companies, including Salesforce.com Inc., have it. The title is more common in the nonprofit realm at organizations such as Amnesty International USA and the United Way.
Mr. Robichaux declined to comment on how Prince Harry would be compensated and didn’t share details of his employment agreement, saying that he would be joining the company’s leadership team as an “officer of the corporation.” Prince Harry won’t manage employees or have direct reports, but he is likely to spend some time in the company’s San Francisco headquarters once it is safe to do so, and to participate in all-hands meetings, Mr. Robichaux said. He is also expected to appear at special company events.
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Prince Harry has long been open about his personal struggles with grief and mental health issues, and BetterUp executives were attracted to his prior advocacy work as a member of the royal family, feeling that he could bring a different perspective to the company, Mr. Robichaux said. He added that he considers the duke’s military experience as another differentiating strength. “He comes from a very different background” than other executives, he said.
“This is about acknowledging that it isn’t so much what is wrong with us, but more about what has happened to us over the course of life,” Prince Harry said about the importance of striving for mental fitness. “Often because of societal barriers, financial difficulty, or stigma, too many people aren’t able to focus on their mental health until they’re forced to. I want us to move away from the idea that you have to feel broken before reaching out for help.”
In addition to the BetterUp job, the duke and duchess have signed an agreement to create content for Netflix Inc. and another to present podcasts for Spotify Technology SA . The five-year Netflix deal is valued in the $100 million range, according to people with knowledge of the deal, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have undertaken a public-relations blitz, recently appearing in a buzzy prime-time interview with Oprah Winfrey that drew millions of viewers. In the interview, the couple discussed mental-health issues, and the duchess said she had suicidal thoughts after marrying into the British royal family.
Though more companies have tapped celebrities in recent years for their pop-culture expertise and to give organizations a marketing boost, most have placed high-profile figures on their boards, rather than in the C-suite. BetterUp’s Mr. Robichaux said the company settled on the chief impact officer position because it wanted a title that would reflect the broad array of responsibilities.
Mr. Robichaux says there was little pushback from BetterUp’s board of directors or others inside the company about bringing Prince Harry onboard.
“He’s synonymous with this approach of mental fitness and really investing in yourself,” Mr. Robichaux said. “It was not a hard internal sale.”
After its founding in 2013, BetterUp has grown quickly. The company includes a network of more than 2,000 coaches, and its platform is used by a number of large companies, including Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Chevron Corp. , Salesforce.com and others. In February, BetterUp raised $125 million in a Series D round of financing that valued the company at $1.73 billion.
Prince Harry has been using BetterUp’s app and a coach for a couple of months, and he said filling out the initial questionnaire was a bit awkward because his background doesn’t fit a multiple-choice list of questions. “I realize I’m an outlier so there’s no need to get the engineers on it!” he joked, adding, “I was matched with my coach who, quite frankly, is truly awesome and has always given me sound advice and a fresh perspective, which is so valuable.”
BetterUp’s CEO says the duke has already weighed in on decisions. During a recent strategy meeting on how to position a product, Prince Harry recommended that executives frame the tool in terms of resilience and overcoming adversity and setbacks in a challenging time, Mr. Robichaux said.
Though he won’t manage a team of his own, the prince will find a receptive audience among other BetterUp employees, eager to work—and perhaps rub elbows—with him, Mr. Robichaux predicted.
“He will obviously have the whole organization sprinting to help him,” Mr. Robichaux said.
Harry & Meghan #81 You chose to do a moonlight flit, you Mermaid your bed, now lie in it!
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Presumably Haz is joining a team of people who know all about working day in and day out,as a team...and understand and accept the pressures of the work and dealing with less polite people sometimes... they will be used to it.How will Haz cope....with his already existing problems hopefully he has someone there to help him ...
There’s a tail to be told...Off topic I watched Don't f**k with cats on Netflix today
On thinking about Harry’s new job title, Chief Impact Officer, it sounds like he’s a crash test dummy.
Where I used to work before they kept introducing these courses everyone had to do involving Diversity and Team Bonding etc. You could tell you were important as there were mint imperials on the table. The sessions were total hogwash.
Where I used to work before they kept introducing these courses everyone had to do involving Diversity and Team Bonding etc. You could tell you were important as there were mint imperials on the table. The sessions were total hogwash.
She really went all out with the bday wishes!Really??? Happy Birfday Eugenie here's MegznArry releasing a statement about some tit we already knew on your special day....for no reason at all.
Meghan & Harry admit they did NOT marry 3 days before Windsor wedding
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry today admitted they did NOT marry three days before their Windsor wedding. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed to Oprah they had tied the knot “in our backyard” 72…www.thesun.co.uk
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He got a D in geography a level even though he was at Eton. I'm pretty sure the teachers were sweating buckets trying to get him through his exams. He also cheated on his art a level.
Fine if you're not academic but he's not a self starter or entrepreneur. He is simply a bit, well thick.
The company who have given him this made up job have done themselves no favours.
They create a post for a man in his late 30s who never had a real job.
It's embarrassing.
Fine if you're not academic but he's not a self starter or entrepreneur. He is simply a bit, well thick.
The company who have given him this made up job have done themselves no favours.
They create a post for a man in his late 30s who never had a real job.
It's embarrassing.
Anyone read about Theranos? WeWork? Even before the pandemic Silicon Valley start ups with massive projected public offerings are failing all over and making fools of investors.
It's not a real job of course, it's up there with being a "brand ambassador" - pitch up, toe company line, smile appropriately, duck off home with large cheque in back pocket. Absolutely ideal for Hazno - no real effort or intellect required.
They just want to use his title. I do wish their titles would be removed and they could just be Mr and Mrs. See how they get on then
In a way I think ‘Mrs Rachel Meghan Mountbatten Windsor’ is even more grand than Duchess of Sussex. It’s as though it seems more tied to the family, I think
"The chief impact officer position is relatively rare in the corporate world, notes the WSJ - it is seen more commonly in non-profit organisations such as Amnesty International" quote from wall Street journalist
Makes me angry. People who are qualified would kill for this type of job.
Makes me angry. People who are qualified would kill for this type of job.
Ah yeah. Theranos is the grandaddy of them all. A product that never existed and could never exist, a strange CEO who was under so much massive pressure from her upper-middle class 'OUR CHILDREN WILL SUCCEED, SUCCESSFULLY, SO WE CAN BOAST ABOUT HOW RICH THEY ARE' parents that she eventually decided to dress like a creepy female Steve Jobs and talk word salad as an 'entrepreneur' and venture capitalists sucked the whole thing down uncritically and gave her billions. An absolute tragedy of pretension and obsession with image.
Impact Officer ffs though. I bet he likes it because it sounds manly, IMPACT, like things go bang, wooo!
I'd be thinking dog bites for that location tbh - you can get those breaking up a dog fight if you aren't used to it, or if a dog is going for you.View attachment 495752
I recently saw a picture of Prince Harry with a black eye & big bruising on his hand and arm. Was he injured in an accident?
Answer (1 of 8): He had received a clout from an out of control Rachel Ragland. She leads him round by the nose. Ragland also put out a photoshopped picture of Catherine. Ragland had put marks on Catherines face. Ragland thanked her supporters for liking the photo. How uncouth and what a liar she...www.quora.com
Cannot help but think of the recent comments that JCMH is not an animal lover - they are the sort of people dogs will nip.
Now we know Bogart had it right...........
Or it runs out and then he might as well go 'ome for the dayHe can do the photocopying......until the paper jams
I've worked out what his job is! When people have issues with constipation, it's because their bowel is impacted. His job is to clear theNot monetising his title at all. Nothing to see here.... Just the three mentions of Prince and a Diana reference - don't worry Harry, I think you got away with it...
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex | BetterUp
www.betterup.com
PRINCE HARRY,
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX
Chief Impact Officer
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex is a humanitarian, military veteran, mental wellness advocate, and environmentalist.
As co-founder of Archewell, he is focused on driving systemic change across all communities through non-profit work as well as creative activations. The mission across Archewell—which currently includes Archewell Foundation, Archewell Productions, and Archewell Audio—is united behind the deeply held belief that compassion is the defining cultural force of the 21st century.
Prince Harry has dedicated his life’s work to advancing causes that he is passionate about. He is the Founder of The Invictus Games, a platform for wounded, injured and sick service personnel to use sport as part of their rehabilitation, as well as Travalyst, a non-profit entity comprised of several of the largest online travel agencies in the world. Additionally, he co-founded Sentebale with his dear friend Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, in memory of their mothers’ charitable work in combating the HIV crisis, and serves as President of African Parks, a non-governmental organization focused on protecting Africa’s ecosystems in partnership with local communities and governments.
I'd love if the Daily Mail did a WE'RE SORRY MEGHAN gigantic headline, as huge as possible, with zero other context - and then went absolutely guns blazing on her throughout the rest of the paper. Maybe even with a pull-out special about her lies!
Lurking on MN - apparently the acronym for his new job title is "chimpo". surely someone is seriously taking the piss here???
I wish she'd bloody well hurry up and go!
It is discriminatory surely? The days have gone where businesses could create a position that only one person could fulfil. Don't get me started on the flowery tit about his previous achievements - he's a useless twunt.
Or till his dickHe can do the photocopying......until the paper jams
gets stuck in it
Erm Harry what are all these picture of dicks and arses doing by the photocopier
Harry sniggers like schoolboy
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