Executive Speeches articles from December 2003

Executive Speeches archives from December 2003

If we don't show people the way ... no one else will.
December 1, 2003... I was in Washington, D.C. recently... walking the halls of Congress with the CEO of one of our major competitors. We were lobbying on some tax matters. Along the way, we traded ideas... discussed issues... compared situations at our...

Great expectations: beliefs in economics and monetary policy.
December 1, 2003... In the description of the topic for this year's Penn Humanities Forum, Carol Ann Muller wrote that the Forum "seeks to probe the nonmaterial dimensions of human existence, and the places where the physical and metaphysical intersect." She went...

The sleepless executive: what keeps CEOs awake (and why you should care).(Chief executive officers)
December 1, 2003... Thank you for that introduction. And thank you for asking me to be part of this very special event. I'm honored to be here and honored to be with these graduates on their remarkable day. And this is a remarkable day: the culmination of a...

Tending the fireplaces of civilization.
December 1, 2003... We at Bank of America were delighted to have you as our guest at Founders' Hall last night and today all Charlotteans are extremely proud to show off our city. On behalf of Charlotte City Manager Pam Syfert and Mecklenburg County Manager Harry...

Be ... know ... do ... a leadership model that works.
December 1, 2003... Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be with you today. Let me first commend the valuable work of Diversity Best Practices and the Business Women's Network. Duke Energy has benefited from both, and we appreciate your active leadership on the...

What's wrong with the CIA?
December 1, 2003... It's obvious that something is wrong with the CIA. The 9/11 attacks were, by definition, the worst intelligence failure in our country's history. More recently, we have had trouble locating Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and have been...

Renewing the historic partnership between medicine and public health.
December 1, 2003... Consider, for a moment H.G. Wells The Time Machine. Imagine you have access to such a machine--right here, right now--and that you have been transported back in time by about 150 years. Here is just part of what you would see. The city of...