Here’s some valuable information obtained that was effected by FTI Consulting, surveying a slew of company stakeholders. (That means employees, shareholders, community members, among others, folks.)
Continue reading CEO’s should develop a personal “corporate” brand
I used a few blog posts to acquaint you with the Xerox-HP maneuvering. Reminding you one of the best way to learn management concepts is to study how existing businesses deal with their operations and strategies.. Today, I will discuss another way to learn the “new ways” of business.
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Entrepreneurs.
Do we need a team? Or can we go alone? Well, if you are looking for venture funding, then a team is the way to go. Not because that makes your venture better or not- but because that complies with the group thinking venture firms employ.
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Back when I was planning my life (OK. I’m still planning my life- it’s just more done than years past), I wondered when I was done getting my PhD in Chemical Engineering, what other degrees I should seek One of the possibilities was getting an MBA (Masters of Business Administration), if I planned to work in industry and not be a professor for the rest of my life. (Since I planned to invent two new products a year, it wasn’t clear that a professorship would mesh well with such a lifestyle.)
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STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. (Of which I most recently spoke last Friday.)
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I admit it. I’m one of the only folks (or so it seems) that doesn’t like Uber. Maybe now that they have a different CEO…. Nah, who am I kidding.
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We’ve had a few new potential clients wonder how our CXO assistance would fit into their firm. Not that they doubted we could provide excellent Chief Financial, Chief Executive, or Chief Research Officer capabilities, but how we could interface with their folks and improve their operations long-term.
Continue reading Go forth and multiply
Remember what I said yesterday? That these 19 leaders had their own agenda- and not necessarily the one we the stockholders and citizens of the US- want or need for our investments and for the strength of our national economy?
Continue reading Pay for NON-Performance
Most of you know that I live in the DC Metropolitan area. And, while our schools have made major progress (of course, coming from rock bottom…), most of the schools are still “almost ready” for prime time.
I mentioned the other day that Dupont appointed a new CEO- one that agreed to merge with Dow. And, Edward Breen was chosen as the interim CEO because he was thought to be the perfect one to turn the company around. After all, he was the one who turned around Tyco International- as long as you recognized that he did so by selling off the company piece by piece. (Oops. Maybe that’s why Dupont chose him, for real, since in essence the Dow-Dupont merger is a process whereby the merged company will be split up into three new companies- and will shed a slew of businesses, to boot.)
Continue reading Shading the truth?
