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Top Directors Grow Hesitant To Serve on Corporate
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04/10/2005
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Times are getting tenser in some corporate boardrooms.
Tentative court settlements unveiled last week disclosed that 10 former directors of WorldCom Inc. (now called MCI Inc.) and another 10 from Enron Corp. agreed to fork over a total of $31 million from their own wallets to settle lawsuits. As a result, outside directors may now "think very hard about what they're doing," says Giles Stockton, a directors-and-officers insurance underwriter for Brit Insurance Holdings PLC, a United Kingdom insurer. "To be extinguished from litigation, they may have to pay out of their own pocket."
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Top CEOs Offer Advice For Making a Fresh Start
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04/10/2005
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It is time for resolutions about making changes in our work and personal lives. Managers who want to revitalize their careers and achieve more in 2005 can look for inspiration to top executives who have had to prove themselves quickly in new jobs.
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Peter Drucker's Essential Tips For Managers in 200
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04/10/2005
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"Which of Peter Drucker's books should I read?" "Where in your work do I find the best discussion on how to place people?" Not a week goes by without my receiving half a dozen questions like these. With 34 books published over 65 years, even I find it difficult to answer these questions.
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Don't Copy Your Predecessors When Taking Over the
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04/10/2005
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Taking over a top job from an admired veteran can be a tough assignment.
Gina Centrello discovered that when she was named president and publisher of Bertelsmann's Random House Publishing Group after the abrupt ouster of literary icon Ann Godoff in January 2003.
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Execs With Global Experience Are Among the Most In
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04/10/2005
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International experience, a security background and regulatory-compliance expertise are among the most in-demand skills in the executive job market this year, according to separate forecasts by executive-search firms Christian & Timbers and Trilogy Venture Search.
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Should Top CEOs Disclose Their Troubles to the Pub
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04/10/2005
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Carly Fiorina's refusal to admit she was in trouble is no secret.
Two weeks ago, during a meeting with journalists at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the now-ousted chief executive of Hewlett-Packard said her relationship with her board was "excellent." Rumors were swirling that H-P directors were unhappy with the company's financial performance, but she insisted that "since the merger [of Compaq Computer and H-P in 2002], our competitive performance has improved in every dimension."
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It Better Not Be Lonely at the Top In the New Wor
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04/10/2005
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The job of corporate titan may never be the same.
Prosecutors in the case of Bernard Ebbers, the former WorldCom chief executive, derided his lawyers for mounting a defense hinging on Mr. Ebbers's claim that he didn't know an $11 billion accounting fraud took place while he was at the helm of WorldCom -- what the prosecutors dubbed the "Aw Shucks" defense.
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Manage Your Micromanager
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01/16/2005
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No matter how organized, proactive, conscientious or effective you are as an administrative assistant, there's a chance you'll run into a supervisor who hovers like a bird of prey, waiting for you to fail before swooping in to wipe out what's left of your self-esteem.
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No Walk in the Park: The Drawbacks of Life as a CE
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01/16/2005
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There is an old maxim that goes something like this: Be careful what you wish for; you may get it. Somehow that is what CEOs must think after they have attained their plum title.
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Finding Startup Values in a Big Company
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01/16/2005
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You know exactly what you want. You've targeted yourself at a C-level job in a startup like a guided missile. No big company for you. You're focused on that single-digit badge number and CxO title. Fine. Just don't get so focused on what you want that you miss what you need. And what you need may be easiest to find at a large company.
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