Chief Executive (U.S.) articles from June 2001

Chief Executive (U.S.) archives from June 2001

Passing The Word.(chief executive officers rediscover customer value)(Brief Article)(Column)
June 1, 2001... JOHN BRANDT One of the disadvantages of being a CEO is that every word you utter, every aside you whisper, is heard by others--at least within your own firm--as the revealed word of God. Flattering though this attention is--after all,...

letters.
June 1, 2001... Downturn of a Different Stripe To the Editor: Robert Benchley's summary review of the important CE/Accenture survey ("The Value of Human Capital," CE: February 2001) corroborates our own view of what we've observed in the marketplace...

Creative COST CUTTING.(Charles Morgan at Acxiom Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... How one tech firm leveraged payroll to cope with downturn EARLIER THIS YEAR, when "lower-than-expected earnings" became the most common phrase on Wall Street, Acxiom CEO Charles Morgan and his senior HR executive Cindy Childers were mulling...

Europe Will Weather US TECH STORM.(report from Yankee Group on online shopping services in Western Europe)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... WESTERN EUROPE'S experiment in B2C e-commerce is not dead, reports the Yankee Group, a Boston, MA-based consulting firm. Despite the dot-com doldrums spreading westward from the U.S., the underlying marketplace model is sound and conducive...

Somebody's PAYWATCHING YOU.(AFL-CIO publcizes pay of chief executive officers on its Web site, allows visitors to contact corporate boards in protest)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... YOU MAY FEEL your compensation is only a fraction of what you deserve as CEO, but the AFL-CIO begs to differ. The national labor union federation has been publicizing the often-times extravagant pay of hundreds of CEOs on its Web site,...

White Collar Execs SEE BLUE SKIES.(survey shows that chief executive officers have positive outlook on economy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... "EXECUTIVES SEEM relatively unfazed by this roller-coaster market," says John Paterson, vice president of marketing for 6Figurejobs.com, an online job site that caters to senior executives. "All our data indicates they feel they're going to be...

Invest OR BUST.(senior business executives surveyed on their investment in electronic business)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... IN A SURVEY of more than 700 senior business executives conducted by Cambridge, MA-based Forrester Research, 59 percent said they wouldn't let the slowing economy deter them from maintaining or increasing their investment in e-business. It...

Early Warning Signs.(signs that a board of directors may be thinking about firing their chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A focal point of your job as CEO is to be on top of all the critical activities at your company and, particularly, the ones that affect your job. These days, with rapid changes taking place and trigger-happy boards looking over CEOs' shoulders,...

Insulting Your Best Customer.(slowdown of United States economy affects markets internationally)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The current slowdown in the U.S. economy is giving the rest of the world the jitters, as official growth forecasts from Berlin to Beijing and Tokyo are cut. It also pinpoints the extent to which many countries--like it or not--are dependent on...

Bush's Red Tape Bonfire.(author appreciates changes brought to government policy by George W. Bush)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... President George W. Bush's first months in office ought to retire the hoary saying that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats. From the standpoint of American business, there are billions of dollars worth of differences. ...

Viva La Defense!(Denis Ranque of Thales)(Company Profile)
June 1, 2001... For relaxation, Denis Ranque navigates his 35-foot sailboat in all kinds of seas. He can sure use the downtime. As chairman and CEO of Paris-based Thales, he's been steering a much larger ship from port to port. In just three short years,...

Turbulent Times FOR TELECOM.(Rick Roscitt of ADC Telecommunications)(Company Profile)
June 1, 2001... Can former AT&T growth star Rick Roscitt restructure ADC for recovery? When the board of ADC Telecommunications wooed Rick Roscitt away from his top-executive post at AT&T to lead ADC last summer, its members were no doubt hoping for the...

GARY, GARY QUITE CONTRARY.(Gary Wendt of Conseco)(Company Profile)
June 1, 2001... Can Gary Wendt, Conseco's one-year-old CEO, GE-ify the troubled insurance firm? The name Gary Wendt conjures many things for many people. Personal bankruptcy is never one of them. Yet there was a time when Chapter 13 loomed close at hand....

Consulting REINCARNATION.(newly appointed consulting chief executive officers)(Company Profile)
June 1, 2001... Talk about change: Five of the 14 largest consulting firms have newly minted CEOs. Meet the fresh five -- and tour their world. Accenture, Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International -- you need a scorecard to keep up...

THE REST of the Gang.(consulting firm chief executive officers)
June 1, 2001... Facing competition for clients and employees, major consultancies reinvent themselves. The biggest consulting firms are used to managing change--at a comfortable distance--for clients. But lately they're spending a lot of time managing...

JackDaniel's A Single Barrel To Call Your Own.(purchasing entire barrel of whiskey)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A few years back, Jack Daniel Distillery decided to offer Tennessee whiskey lovers the opportunity to buy a whole barrel of its new product, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey. "Each barrel is hand-selected and never mingles with...

To B2B or not To B2N.(business to business Internet exchanges)(Panel Discussion)
June 1, 2001... The E-Marketplace Dilemma WHEN WAL-MART was busy rebuffing advances from the retail industry's public marketplaces in favor of building its own private network for global suppliers, few companies had even explored the value proposition of...

Fanning the Flames.(Napster chief Shawn Fanning calls for protest)(Brief Article)(Column)
June 1, 2001... A Pandora's box may have been opened recently when Napster founder Shawn Fanning called on "free" music fans to descend on our nation's capital and catch the attention of legislators holding hearings on online copyright issues. Although turnout...

Handbook for Corporate Diversity.(Brief Article)(Review)
June 1, 2001... One of the focal problems every CEO faces today is how to structure a program that will encourage top-quality women to work at a company in fair and equal competition with male executives. Dozens of books and thousands of articles have been...

transitions.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... * Kevin English, 48, was named chairman, president, and CEO of Covisint, a collaborative e-marketplace for major automotive manufacturers based in southfield, MI. English was previously managing director and CEO in charge of e-commerce for...

Vested in the Game.(golf course owned by Dominion Resources)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Thomas Capps chuckles at the irony of the situation. "It's strange, isn't it, that my company happens to own a golf course," he says. "And that golf course happens to have my favorite golf hole: the 18th at the Old North State Club. And I would...

The E-market Solution.
June 1, 2001... First came the hype, then the collapse, but companies that weren't frightened off are finding B2B e-markets to be an excellent business tool. A year and a half ago, the future of online B2B exchanges seemed clear and bright. They promised...

Finding the Right Fit.
June 1, 2001... A B2B e-market strategy should not be created in a vacuum; it should take into account a broad range of business realities, and what you hope to gain. In the past few months, the hype over e-marketplaces has waned, but the e-market...

Turning Strategy into Reality.
June 1, 2001... B2B e-markets are about more than technology. Before you can implement your strategy, consider how your company -- and your people -- will respond. Part of the appeal of e-markets is the simplicity and elegance of the concept: It is fairly...