Recently added articles from Chief Executive (U.S.):
So sorry for this apology.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Everyone is in full apology mode. GM and Chrysler executives seem to be stuck in constant apology gear starting with their appearance before Congress with a tin cup in one hand and the keys to the executive jet in the other. Now that Rick Wagoner has been given the boot, it falls to him to ...
The reluctant CEO.(CEO CHRONICLES)
Mar 01, 2009; ... When Jerre Stead agreed to step in and aid an ailing IHS back in 2000, it was on one condition: "I said, I'll be happy to be chairman, but I'm not going to do CEO again," recounts the 65-year-old, who had left the chairman and CEO role at Ingram Micro. a scant six months earlier. ...
Swedish sensation.(CEO CHRONICLES)
Mar 01, 2009; ... When Lars Bjork joined the nascent business intelligence software company QlikTech in 2000, it was a tiny entity with 35 people and $2 million in revenues based in Lund, Sweden. Bjork came aboard as CFO, but his role proved much broader. "In a company of that size, your title ...
Pumping protection.(CEO CHRONICLES)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Wouldn't it be nice to pay $1.50 per gallon of gas when prices at the pump are $1.99 and up? Or how about having price protection on fuel for your company's fleet of delivery or service vehicles--or offering it to employees? That's the premise behind Pricelock, a growth-stage company ...
Electrify the economy: AEP CEO Mike Morris rallies for a national electric grid backbone as the next interstate system.(CEO WATCH)(Interview)
Mar 01, 2009 ... In his 2005 book, The Bottomless Well, Peter Huber explained how America's energy economy was shifting from fossil fuels to the electron. He argued that the nations top energy priority should he the construction of a 21st-century national electric grid, one that will "let cheap power chase ...
In fact.(CEO CHRONICLES)
Mar 01, 2009; ... 1. Factor by which the market capitalization of Harley-Davidson ($2.7 billion) exceeded that of General Motors ($1.3 billion) on February 17, 2009 | 2 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Net income that ExxonMobile reported for Q4 in 2008, a 33% decline over 2007, but still ...
CEOs select Best, Worst States for job growth and business.(SURVEY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... IN ITS FIFTH ANNUAL SURVEY, CE asked 543 CEOs to evaluate their states on a broad range of issues, including regulation, tax policies, education, quality of living and infrastructure. In addition, CEOs were also asked to grade each state based on the following criteria: 1) Taxation & ...
Succession in practice: how to make succession work--for the company, the board and the CEO.(LEADERSHIP)(Interview)
Mar 01, 2009; ... While CEO succession is much in the news, it is often discussed from the point of view of board members, consultants and search firms. To understand the perspectives of today's CEOs on succession planning, we spoke with 18 sitting CEOs, one recently retired CEO and one sitting chairman, as ...
Eco-chic & the sustainability flak catchers: who--if anyone--is getting this sustainability thing right?(GREEN BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... The broad fear and culpability over humanity's impact upon the earth and its climate now hold a powerful influence over nearly all social institutions. Bearing the brunt of concern are those organizations that harness and process the planet's resources to feed, house, transport and ...
How the Army manages transformation: like any large, complex organization that must adapt to new realities, the U.S. Army seeks to knock down silos and rethink the way it looks at itself. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., talks about what it takes to modernize a 1.1 million-person organization, where getting people to embrace change is the key.(THE ORGANIZATION)(Interview)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The U.S. faces an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain international environment, one that now demands a very different approach and force structure to deal with what defense and foreign policy experts call "an era of persistent conflict." After eight years of continuous combat ...
Killing the electric car again: the culprits are the same as the last time--batteries.(BATTERY TECHNOLOGY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... When U.S. gasoline prices soared to more than $4 per gallon in the summer of 2008, drivers and automakers ramped up the search for new ways to fuel cars. Energy hawks worry about continued U.S. dependence on oil from hostile countries--we import more than two-thirds of the oil we use. In ...
Finding funding: cash is hard--but not impossible--to come by.(CORPORATE FINANCE)
Mar 01, 2009; ... In February, Punxsutawney Phil, the famous prognosticating groundhog, predicted six more weeks of gloomy winter after seeing his shadow up at Gobbler's Knob. If only that were true for the frozen financial tundra. Thanks to locked-up credit markets, plunging profits and a deepening ...
Leveraging China and India: two countries are the key to staying competitive in cost, talent and innovation.(Company overview)
Mar 01, 2009; ... The pharmaceutical industry provides a near-perfect example of how leveraging China and India--for not just cost efficiency but also talent and innovation--is becoming central to survival and success for many Fortune 1000 companies. According to Jean-Pierre Garnier, the recently ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Correction: In the Agenda 2009 feature of the November/December issue, Marc ...
Leadership imperatives.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
Jan 01, 2009; ... As you read this, Barack Obama will have been inaugurated as the U.S.'s 44th chief executive. Fittingly, as the U.S. turns a corner with new leadership at the helm of the federal government, we explore in this issue two facets of leadership governing private enterprise: the prospects for ...
Wealth Creators.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2009; ... I am writing to inform you of an error in "CEO Wealth Creators ... and Destroyers," (November/December 2008). According to the authors' own methodology, the ranking of CEOs focuses "on the performance of companies (and their CEOs) in the S&P 500 index for three years ending on Sept. 1, ...
No roses for Sarah; Thorn for CE.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Roses for Palin is a pure piece of fiction, not fit for the pages of your fine publication. (November/December 2008) We need look no further than the Katie Couric interview question of what the Governor reads. So powerful was her non-response that it sealed the impression of an empty suit ...
A valuable issue.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Wanted to let you know that I hadn't read Chief Executive in a while but just read the November/December issue from cover to cover and found it not only ...
Wall Street meltdown.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2009; ... I think it is unfortunate that a group of CEOs from our largest corporations don't publicly announce their disgust with the unconscionable conduct of the Wall Street executives ...
Not all such Strategies Fail.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2009 ... "Failed Strategies" (September-October 2008) can be very misleading if it is not carefully analyzed. For example, the authors cite synergy as a suspect strategy. By definition, synergy is a cooperative act between similar people, departments or organizations that together ...