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| Knowledge@Wharton |
As CEOs Fall Off Their Pedestals, Is a Leadership Crisis Looming? In recent months, the reputations of several once-soaring corporate captains have crashed to earth. Does their fall, along with the demise of other prominent CEOs, constitute a new crisis in business leadership?   |
Knowledge@Wharton
December 18, 2002 |
Re-Examining the Role of the Chairman of the Board Faculty members at Wharton and a board member of a major U.S. corporation say that while there are some circumstances in which a division of authority between a chairman and a CEO may make sense, it is by no means a surefire way to keep companies on the straight and narrow. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Henry et al. |
The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2001
John S. McClenahen |
Endangered! Unless manufacturing's CEOs perform very well and very fast, they're history... |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Dear Companies: Forget Shareholder Value! It seems sensible for companies to maximize shareholder value -- especially since shareholders are those companies' owners. But an intriguingly contrary school of thought suggests that CEOs might want to pay a little more attention to customers and employees instead. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Enron's Board Gives Black Eye to Efforts Aimed at Improving Corporate Governance By not keeping Enron from barreling down the wrong track to a rendezvous with catastrophe, the board has given a black eye to efforts by other American firms to improve corporate governance in recent years... |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 7, 2003 |
Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Capitalists without a clue Once all-seeing captains of industry, America's CEOs are now playing the Sgt. Schultz dumbo card, braying "I know no-thing, no-thing!" |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
John Helyar |
The Recession Is Gone, and the CEO Could Be Next More boards are cleaning out the corner office, looking for different kinds of leadership |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Mike France |
Corporate America's New Accountability When companies break the law, the first thing chief executives typically do is plead ignorance. But in a post-Enron world, "I didn't know" won't cut it. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
Leading Execution Once companies define corporate social responsibility and devise strategies, CEOs and other senior executives must creatively and effectively take the next step: lead the implementation. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Tell Your CEO Who's Boss Investing in dividend-paying companies are among the surest ways to build a fortune over the long run. From the cash in your pocket to the executive reality check about who the real boss is, those dividend payments sure do mean a lot. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
Roger Thompson |
Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
Fast Company
October 2002
Hammonds & Collins |
The Secret Life of the CEO: Do they even know right from wrong? Why so many good executives make so many terrible choices. The high stakes, the pressure to perform, and the temptation to go for the dough are part of the problem. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times. |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
Louis Lavelle |
The CEOs' Gravy Train May Be Drying Up Finally, boards are reining in executive pay and tying it more to performance. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Joseph Webe |
How The Best Boards Stay Clued In Director John A. Krol says a culture of openness has helped turn Tyco around. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 7, 2008
Martha Lagace |
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron Companies can take steps to help senior executives avoid the two sources of leadership failure at Enron: personal opportunism and flights to utopianism. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Louis Lavelle |
Executive Pay Top CEO paychecks in 2003 were, as usual, off-the-charts amazing. But the pace of overall raises for execs slowed considerably |
Fast Company
July 2005
John A. Byrne |
The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt A candid conversation with the CEO of General Electric about leadership, creativity, fear -- and what it's really like to run the world's most influential company. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
The More Jobs You Cut, the Higher Your Pay CEOs collecting fat paychecks for big layoffs might actually be damaging their companies. |
BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004
David Henry |
Will Directors Morph Into Corporate Constables? Thanks to new federal sentencing guidelines, boards will be expected to do a far more thorough job of ensuring that no laws are being broken. |
Inc.
March 1, 2003
Tahl Raz |
Governing: Boardroom Makeover Like many company owners, Richard Domaleski set up a board of directors only to realize he had done it all wrong. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Louis Lavelle |
A Payday For Performance Compensation is less outrageous this year, except for CEOs who delivered. Our survey of 367 CEO pay packages showed that: Total CEO pay was up smartly, to an average $9.6 million... CEO raises and total pay once again dwarfed those of the average worker... etc. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2002
George Taninecz |
Perry's All Four One Engelhard Corp.'s chairman and CEO is assembling four operating units into a seamless, yet diversified organization. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2006
Tim Beyers |
GE's Ga-Ga Over China General Electric's CEO says his company's sales in China could double in five years. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 6, 2006
Jim Heskett |
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? There is added pressure on managers to produce short-term earnings regardless of the impact on the long-term health of the business. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
Manufacturing & Society: Partnering With Others Social responsibility doesn't happen in isolation, it depends upon partnering with others, within a company and with those outside. |
Fast Company
June 2002
Robert Simons |
Memo to: CEOs Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo -- Five Half-truths of Business -- as a wake-up call... |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Ditching Dysfunction in Corporate America In Corporate America, too many management cultures function like a collection of fiefdoms, with little or no accountability to shareholders. To correct this, we need an investor insurrection. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Board Member Today; CEO Tomorrow The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
CEOs Still Raking It In Are CEOs really 301 times more valuable than rank-and-file employees? |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006 |
General Electric, the Immelt Way GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt talks about his five years under the microscope, and what's ahead for the company and the economy. |
U.S. Banker
August 2002
Holly Sraeel |
Truth is lost amidst chaos, corporate confessionals Not until boards are out of CEOs' hip pockets will investors and companies thrive. Boards should be completely independent, and no board member should have any ties whatsoever to the CEO, his executive team or the company. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
A New Era for Investors Management and boards must be accountable to us, the owners of the companies employing them. That's called capitalism. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2007
Henry S. Givray |
When CEOs Aren't Leaders Too many execs focus on profits and fail to build trust and inspire employees. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 9, 2009
Martha Lagace |
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times As companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who do not compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Lori Calabro |
Look Who's Not Talking Both company directors and senior managers place a premium on strategic planning. So what keeps them from collaborating on it? |
