Bill George

Google's announcement late Thursday that it would split its stock 2:1 by creating a new class of non-voting shares has governance experts up in arms. From the standpoint of sound corporate governance, I have not been in favor of dual class structures as they can serve to protect...

As the New Year approaches, people will be making resolutions to eat better, exercise more, get that promotion at work or spend more time with their families. While these are worthwhile goals, we have a more important challenge for young people: Think seriously about your development as a leader.

These...

The recent Occupy Wall Street protests are only the latest of a series of global movements carried out by those who have grown cynical about leadership in business, government, and society.

There is reason for this cynicism. The twenty-first century has been rocked by scandals and failures of leaders in...

The fate of the fiscal stability of the United States was sealed on the weekend of December 4-5, 2010. The previous Thursday President Obama received the long-awaited report of his National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, co-chaired by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson. The report of the...

It's no secret that Americans are frustrated with the lack of job opportunities available.

As the unemployment rate held strong in September at 9.1% and 26 million Americans (16.5% of the workforce) were still unable to find full-time jobs, it is becoming increasingly clear that the economy...

With the tragic death of Steve Jobs at the age of 56, the world lost its greatest innovator in the past fifty years. Through his visionary genius, Jobs transformed five separate fields: personal computers with the Macintosh and iMac, animated films with Pixar studios, music players with the iPod, entertainment...

Tonight, President Obama addresses the nation at a joint session of Congress about his plans to expand job growth. Here's what he should say:

My Fellow Americans:

Our country is facing a jobs crisis of major proportions, the greatest since the 1930s. This nation's strength is based on its strong...

CEOs of multinational corporations are in a stronger position than three years ago. Balance sheets are strong, and productivity has increased. This crisis presents an opportunity to go on the offensive for CEOs who are in a position of strength. Here's the playbook I'd run:

1. Reassure everyone that your company...

This week's agreement to increase the U.S. debt ceiling is no cause for celebration.

Regardless of what the spin doctors tell us, there are no winners here. The political landscape is covered with the blood of all the politicians who were losers in this "no win" battle. Among the losers...

Last August I wrote a column for the New York Times urging President Obama to make concrete moves to "invest in America." On Monday the President went to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- his nemesis the past two years -- offering to partner with business...

Yesterday's "compromise" between Republicans and the President proves an old adage: political giveaways always trump sound fiscal policy. Or stated another way, it's easier to agree to increase the deficit $4 trillion over the next ten years than it is to reduce it that amount.

What a difference a weekend...

President Obama's announcement last night that America's combat troops in Iraq are coming home is good news indeed. After the tragic loss of 4,400 lives of some of our most courageous citizens and $1 trillion in spending that could have been used here at home, our seven and one-half years...

The Mark Hurd situation can only be considered a tragedy for everyone involved.

Hurd is one of the most outstanding leaders in the U.S. In 2005 he took over an ailing technology giant and restored it to greatness in just five years. He refocused HP on its original mission and...

In today's World Cup finals, billions of people will be watching Spain's David Villa and the Netherlands' Wesley Sneijder to see who will notch the winning goal. In spite of their brilliance, Villa and Sneijder aren't the reason why these two European sides are in the final.

The real reason...

As the minutes ticked away in the U.S.' decisive World Cup match against Algeria, U.S. superstar Landon Donovan was determined not to permit a repeat of the U.S. 2006 World Cup disaster, when the Americans went home without a single victory. As his teammates felt their 2010 dreams slipping away,...

The Millennial generation -- those offspring of the baby boomers -- are not short on the "three D's": dedication, drive, and delivery.

Young adults today study harder and more often, engage in more community service, participate in greater numbers of extracurricular activities, and hold a more optimistic outlook on...

America finds itself confronting a host of problems -- from environmental crises to reform on Wall Street, Congress has no shortage of pressing issues to tackle. One issue stands out to me, however, as particularly important in the effort to attract America's next generation of global leaders: America needs immigration...

It's no secret I have been critical of General Motors management, right up to its bankruptcy filing a year ago. For decades, GM management focused on short-term profits, while it was steadily losing market share - from 53 percent of the U.S. market all the way down to...

This morning a beleaguered Akio Toyoda will appear before the U.S. Congress to testify on the rash of quality and safety issues which now plague Toyota, once the leader in sales and reputation for quality of the worldwide auto industry. Though Toyoda is no stranger to the spotlight -- his...

Kudos to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for advocating repeal of the 1993 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law. This hypocritical act forces honorable military men and women to be inauthentic by hiding their sexual identity or be forced out...