Executives

Rise to a Leadership Position in 7 Steps

Women & Co | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Leadership, Women's Leadership, Career Advice, Promotion, Personal Development, Entrepreneurs, Women in Business, Women Executives, Executives, Women News

Leadership is earned. It is the sum total of your words and actions -- the interactions, behaviors, qualities and decisions you make every day.

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The Myth of the Super-Manager

Cynthia Montgomery | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Starbucks, Leadership, Southwest Airlines, Ikea, Business Executives, Business Leadership, Ceos, Executives, Business News

Bold, confident, visionary leaders who take their businesses in new directions are widely admired and sought after. But when confidence balloons into the belief that a good manager can win in any situation, the business is headed for trouble.

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Former Executives Convicted Of Defrauding Local Governments

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Fraud, Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Electric, Video, Internal Revenue Service, Reuters, Conspriacy, Antirust Division, Department of Justice, Criminal Investigation Unit, Attorney General Scott D. Hammond, Executives, Business News

NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Three former executives of General Electric Co affiliates were convicted by a federal jury in New York of conspiracy ch...

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Preventing the Loss of Key Talent

Ed Lawler | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Talent Management, Skills, Talent, Economy, Jobs, Human Resources, Hr, Organizations, Business, Executives, Business News

Jobs don't have a worth; individuals do, and at a time of economic expansion it is particularly important that individuals be paid what they are worth in the market. How about long-term employment relationships and job security?

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Are You a Multiplier or a Diminisher?

Karen Leland | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Small Business, Leaders, Executives, Entrepeneurship, Diminishers, Multipliers, Leadership Skills, Liz Wiseman, Management Skills, Small Business News

Do you drain intelligence, energy and capability from the people around you? Or do you use your intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of your colleagues?

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Trimming Astroturf From the American Petroleum Institute's 'Vote 4 Energy' Ad

Philip Radford | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Bp, Energy Citizens, Keystone XL Pipeline, American Petroleum Institute, Vote 4 Energy, Shell, Greenpeace, Executives, Tar Sands, Commercial, Big Oil, Exxonmobil, Chevron, Astroturf, Jack Gerard, Green News

Americans are clearly too smart to be faked out by Big Oil's phony grass roots strategies. Vote 4 yourself, not oil executives.

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The Knee-Jerk Reflex of Internationalization

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: European Job Market, US Job Market, International Business, Executives, Global Markets, Culture, Business News

As a bird builds its nest one straw at a time, a company must build its international structure from the ground up -- strategically and methodically, and no longer as a simple afterthought.

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Act Like an Executive to Land a Job in 2012

Robyn Greenspan | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Career Advice, Leadership, Careers, Jobs, Job Search, Executives, Business News

Executives who are successful at job searching envision it like any other high-level professional project -- they use the same skill set that propelled them to the top to land them their next role.

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Sustainability Must Be a Top Priority

Ed Lawler | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line, Corporate Boards, Sloan Management Review, Corporations, Management, Executives, Business News

It is likely that in the foreseeable future, sustainability will continue to get some attention in corporations, but it will not be a major focus or a top priority.

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Retailers Plan To Use Extra Cash On New Technology: Survey

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Suppliers, Retailers, It, Consumer Confidence, Budget, Great Recession, Balance Sheets, Economic Recovery, Technology, Consumer Spending, Executives, KPMG LLP, Business News

CHICAGO - Retailers have cash on their balance sheets and nearly half of 100 top retail executives said they are planning to spend it on technolog...

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Feds Target Top Execs For Health Fraud

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Fraud, Health Care Enforcement, Forest Laboratories, Law Enforcement, Crime, Federal Government, Howard Solomon, Medicare, Medicaid, Justice Department, Business, Health Care, Executives, Business News

WASHINGTON -- It's getting personal now. In a shift still evolving, federal enforcers are targeting individual executives in health care fraud cases t...

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10 CEOs Who Got Rich By Cutting Jobs

Mother Jones | Josh Harkinson | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Corporate Leaders, Outsource, Workers, Unemployment, CEO Salaries, Profits, Middle Class, Stock Options, Jobless, CEO Compensation, Bonuses, Downsize, Executives, Business News

The insecurity of the middle class has a lot to do with how executives are paid. Bonuses pegged to stock prices encourage CEOs to mercilessly outsourc...

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Why Social Media Wastes Leaders' Time

Dorie Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linkedin, Social Media, Cory Booker, Twitter, Guy Kawasaki, Tony Hsieh, Youtube, Business, Facebook, Executives, Blogging, Media News

In this crowded media landscape, sometimes what matters most isn't your use of 21st century technologies. Instead, it's the forgotten 19th century arts.

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Making the Case Against Mortgage Banksters, Part One: Legalities

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, State Attorneys General, Criminal Prosecution, Internet, Mortgages, Les Leopold, Crimes, Email, Online Privacy, Bear Stearns, Sec, Tax Evasion, Executives, Business News

Federal prosecutors have trotted out reasons why they aren't prosecuting mortgage banksters. No lawyer I've spoken to agrees. Nor do I. This is an analysis of why the criminal cases can be made.

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The Reusable Starbucks Cup Experiment

Gregory Unruh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Sustainable Business, Value Cycling, Phd, Barista, Consumption Habits, Starbucks, Sustainability, Coffee, Refills, Liability Issues, Executives, Green News

No Starbucks barista was willing to refill my returned paper cup. But, interestingly, they were more than happy to refill my returned plastic reusable cup. What's the difference?

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Managing Your Young Guns

Tom Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Executives, Management, Washington Post, Government, Federal Coach, Politics News

This Federal Coach column originally ran in The Washington Post Lately, I've noticed a lot more young professionals with federal agency badges commut...

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Shocking Study: 15 Percent Of Women Have Slept With Their Bosses

Harvard Business Review | Sylvia Ann Hewlett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Mark Hurd, Worklace Sex, Gender Issues, Center for Work-Life Policy, Affairs, Women Executives, Hewlett-Packard, Female Executives, Executives, Business News

Research out this fall from the Center for Work-Life Policy shows sponsorship to be the critical promotional lever for women in the marzipan layer, th...

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Final Audit: A Trail of Greed and Revenge!

Jim Worth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Greed, Tyco, Bankruptcy, Worldcom, Prison, Avarice, Enron, Executives, Adelphia, Books News

Though entertaining, the compelling message in Final Audit is that greed, corruption and immoral and unethical behavior should not go unpunished.

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Kudos for Who? Oh! Kudos for You!

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Techniques, Positive Feedback, Positive Recognition, Executives, Workplace Tips, Workplace, Healthy Living News

A few years ago, a client of mine taught me a simple, yet very effective way for doing a better job of providing positive recognition. Here is his roadmap, which I have never seen fail.

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On the Strategic Use of the F-word: Is Swearing a Currency in High Tech?

Caroline Simard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organizational Culture, High Tech Companies, Assertiveness, Women Executives, Executives, Swearing, Workplace Diversity, Communication, Technology News

As our research report in collaboration with Stanford University found, corporate America overwhelmingly values being outspoken and assertive, and swearing is nothing more than a reflection of these values.

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Bard Blog: Overcoming Adversity -- Leading in Tough Times

Ken Adelman | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Adversity, Leadership, Politics, Executives, Training, Economic Crisis, Bp, Gulf Spill, Israel, Business News

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions." So says Claudius who, as king in Hamlet, proves to be a gifted crisis manager. He's the type desperately needed today.

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The Stuff That CEOs Are Made Of

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Executives, American Airlines, Narcissists, Personality Disorder, Infantile Behavior, Chief Executive Officers, Air Travel, Business News

today, I find myself wondering what life must be like for those who must work for her full-time. Whatever power it is she possesses, they should probably bottle it and teach it at Wharton.

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It Is Time To Put Our Foot Down: Ten Steps We Can Take To Stop Closing Factories And Eliminating Jobs

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manufacturing, Jobs, Wall Street, Taxes, Industrial Policy, Fremont, Unemployment, Executives, Business News

The economy is still getting worse -- only more slowly. While the executives collect bonuses and tax breaks for their destructive actions We, the People have to pick up the tab.

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Obama Administration Misunderstands Capitalism

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Borg, Insurance Companies, Wall Street, Kathleen Sebelius, Corporations, Ceos, Machines, Capitalism, Publicly Held Corportaions, Barack Obama, Executives, Politics News

Corporations are bound by law to maximize profit. No amount of yelling or pleading will change that. We have to provide proper incentives and disincentives -- rules and regulations -- if we want them on board.

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The Newest Old Business Trend

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outdoor, Website, Craig Mathews, Sales, Charity, Songwriter, Brushfire Records, Patagonia, Million, Dollars, Perception, Business, Amen, Membership, Cause, Believers, Income, Executives, Countries, Products, Philanthropy, 1% for the Planet, 1% FTP, Clif Bar, Apparel, Percentage, Albums, Sigg, Marketing, Volcom, Sierra Club, Positive, Old Testament, Brands, Earth, Church, Blue Ribbon Flies, Recruit, Nonprofits, Supplier, Organization, Religion, Corporations, Companies, Bible, Nature, Image, Tithing, Environment, Jack Johnson, Logo, Members, Singer, Fishing, Mba, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Yvon Chouinard, Business News

Tithing -- offering a percentage of income for a cause -- dates back to the Old Testament. And lately its popularity is surging in the business world.

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