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Correction

Jan 01, 2009; ... Correction: In the Agenda 2009 feature of the November/December issue, Marc ...

Leadership Imperatives

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 growth ...

FEEDBACK

Jan 01, 2009; ... Wealth Creators I am writing to inform you of an error in "CEO Wealth Creators . . . and Destroyers," (November/December 2008). According to the authors' own method- ology, the ranking of CEOs focuses "on the performance of companies (and their CEOs) in the S&P 500 index for three ...

Chipping Away

Jan 01, 2009; ... When Abhi Talwalkar agreed to take the top post at LSI Logic in May 2005, he knew he was in for a wild ride. Once a Silicon Valley darling, LSI had risen from no-name startup in 1981 to $2 billion global company under founder Wilfred Corrigan, who established it as a leading manufacturer of ...

Real Dealer

Jan 01, 2009; ... The outcome of the recent presidential election likely disappointed Chief Executive readers, 80 percent of whom said they supported Sen. John McCain in his presidential bid. But at least one CEO celebrated Sen. Barack Obama's victory: R. Donahue "Don" Peebles, founder of the Peebles Corporation, ...

Gone With the Wind

Jan 01, 2009; ... CEO WATCH BOONE PICKENS PROMOTES HIS PLAN TO LOWER OIL IMPORTS Oilman and former takeover operative T. Boone Pickens begins the last chapter of his book, The First Billion Is the Hardest, with the cunning observation that "a fool with a plan can outsmari a genius with no plan any ...

THORNS & ROSES

Jan 01, 2009; ... ROSE ... Governor ROD BLAGOJEVICH'S testy refusal to step aside in the face of FBI wiretaps that reveal his attempt to auction Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder Is the gift that keeps on giving. The corruption cabaret that is a centerpiece of Illinois politics in general ...

Passion for Packaging

Jan 01, 2009; ... Packaging isn't terribly sexy- but don't tell llene Gordon that. To hear the president and CEO of Paris, France-based, Alean Packaging tell it, there's plenty to thrill and excite about the alchemy of turning resins, aluminum, paper and glass into innovative containers for food, beauty products, ...

INfact

Jan 01, 2009; ... Information begins with facts, which can be assembled to identify trends. Put it all together to derive knowledge. Presenting Chief Executive's INfact. 1. Percentage by which the $750 billion bailout exceeds the cost of the entire New Deal | 33% 2. Total paper losses of the ...

CEO Confidence Sinks to Another All-Time Low

Jan 01, 2009; ... CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX Chief Executive magazine's CEO Confidence Index sank to another all-time low in December, according to 245 top executives surveyed. Executive confidence in America's economy is under 50 percent of what it was just three months ago, and less than 2 5 percent of what ...

The Tortoise, the Hare and IFRS

Jan 01, 2009; ... START SOON AND PROCEED STEADILY TO WIN THE STANDARDS RACE. Aesop's fable of the tortoise and the hare should be required reading for every CEO today. This fable of consistent, deliberate action beating a procrastinating but faster-moving opponent to the finish line could play out again ...

Wall Street's Leadership Crisis

Jan 01, 2009; ... LOOKING FOR THE CULPRIT BEHIND TODAY'S MARKET WOES? TRY QUARTERLY When Congress and the regulators begin their hunt for villains in the financial crisis, they would be wise to look beyond people. Structural issues, like the 90-day financial reporting and guidance cycle, should receive ...

Green Is The New Black

Jan 01, 2009; ... NOW, MORE THAN EVER, SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES ARE VITAL. A few months ago I was asked to participate in a forum on how companies can seize competitive advantage through their green initiatives. Unfortunately, the event was canceled because of the current economic climate and the belief ...

ACCOUNTING FOR STANDARDS

Jan 01, 2009; ... Adoption of international accounting standards mandates rethinking strategy. BY ERIK SHERMAN To T.J. Rodgers, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation's CEO, US GAAP accounting standards have a credibility gap. An investor called, worried about a low cash position. Rodgers knew there was plenty ...

Best Companies for Leaders

Jan 01, 2009; ... 3M shoots to the top of the current ranking. Only a handful of organizations haw even begun to tap into their priman resource, their people, much less give them the means to do what they are capable of doing. Indeed, many take the opposite taek, disregard loyalty, prune rather than ...

Sustainability for CEOs

Jan 01, 2009; ... Environmental initiatives are about more than preserving natural resources; they're about ensuring long-term profitable growth. These days, many companies recognize the need to address sustainability in some form, but they do not have a clear idea about what they need to address, how to ...

Next-Generation Globalization

Jan 01, 2009; ... THE TENTH ANNUAL CEO LEADER SHIP SUMMIT Driving Growth and Value During Economic Uncertainty No one is immune in a recession. With economies across the globe in a steepening slide and proposals for radical revisions in government spending and taxation, the burden on ...

Resourcing and Transform ing the U.S. Army

Jan 01, 2009; ... Lt. General Speakes, deputy chief of staff for programs, G-8, and a veteran of commands in Operation Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, is, in essence, the CFO of the armed forces, charged with developing a balanced fiscal strategy that does everything from recruiting a soldier when he or she ...

Unlimited Bandwidth; Ubiquitous Access

Jan 01, 2009; ... The explosive growth in bandwidth and new forms of networking technology will allow marketers to reach com- munities of one or 100,000 with near equal ease and cost effectiveness. The confluence of Internet, mobile telephony, satellite communications and new media is a potentially gamechanging ...

Is Nigeria the Next India?

Jan 01, 2009; ... Long viewed as politically unstable, this African country is poised for a development boom. BY TOM ISEGHOHI An exotic and culturally unique location, a long history of Western colonization and independence, a growing population of educated young professionals, a third-world ...