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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... |
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What Happens to the Inner Circle of the Ousted CEO? It's a situation that fortunately doesn't come up very often, but when it does, board members and/or the new CEO face a huge dilemma: How should they deal with the inner circle of an ousted CEO -- those top executives who presumably supported their former boss? |
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. |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2002 John S. McClenahen |
Execution Starts At The Top Retiring Honeywell chairman Lawrence A. Bossidy says a CEO's interest in the core processes of people, strategy and operations will equal success. |
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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? |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2001 John S. McClenahen |
Endangered! Unless manufacturing's CEOs perform very well and very fast, they're history... |
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There's Just One Word for Jack Welch... Praise for Jack Welch was widespread and consumed large quantities of newsprint in the weeks leading up to Sept. 7, his last day as chairman and CEO of General Electric. One word to sum up his contribution to GE in the 20-plus years he served as its leader would be: results... |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Best and Worst Corporate Boards Did any of your companies make the Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame? |
Fast Company March 2005 Keith H. Hammonds |
Copy This Anne M. Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox, has the company cranking again. Here are her thoughts on changing an organization, taking risks, and telling stories. |
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. |
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Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... |
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Becoming the Best What you can learn from the 25 most influential leaders of our times (as chosen by Wharton faculty and the Nightly Business Report) |
Fast Company October 2000 Cathy Olofson |
Venture Catalyst One way for big companies to grow faster is to use the Web to turbocharge their business. Russ McMeekin and the e-Business for Honeywell team are showing the manufacturing giant how to do that. |
Job Journal April 9, 2006 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Enron Kept Reality at Bay When Enron's problems first surfaced, Lay and Skilling had an obligation to be candid with everyone around them. |