Executive Speeches articles from February 1999

Executive Speeches archives from February 1999

True Blue or Black 'n' Blue: Why Corporate Loyalty Matters.(bibliography included)(Critical Essay)
February 1, 1999... Good morning! What a pleasure to be in Cleveland and talk about the important concept of loyalty. Cleveland is a city that knows a lot about loyalty. Just ask NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Every single day, when Paul checks his office...

Supplier Partnerships: The Challenge for the Future.(bibliography included)(Critical Essay)
February 1, 1999... Good evening and welcome! This evening is a real treat for me: I love to be among peak performers and winners--there's a certain optimism and energy about them that I can almost feel in the air. And, of course, I am very much concerned with the...

Reversing the Politicization Of Science & Technology.
February 1, 1999... Thank you, Bill [Wulf]. It's a high honor to be here in the capacity of Chairman of NAE. I mean that sincerely. I am an engineer who--like many other engineers--took a turn in the road many years ago that led me out of the laboratory and...

Israel at 50: An Appreciation.
February 1, 1999... First of all, congratulations to all of you... on the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel! It is this anniversary that I would like to dwell upon today, more than Israel's place in the global economy, which is both thriving...

No One Wants to be Married to Their Work ... But It's Nice to be Engaged.(employer-employee relations)
February 1, 1999... Remember the "new" employment contract? With its legalistic overtures, it projected an era of distant, formal employee relations. We heard all that stuff about how companies neither promised nor sought loyalty, how kids today didn't think...

Communications: The Revolution Continues.(telecommunications industry; mergers and acquisitions)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 1999... Thank you, Dick (Egan). As Doug Flutie has been saying lately: "It's great to be back." Of course, Doug's talking about being back in the N.F.L. with the Buffalo Bills. I'm just glad to be back in Boston. But I'm not here to talk football,...

The Real Generation Gap.(attitudes and education of Generation X)(Critical Essay)
February 1, 1999... Born in 1980, today's college freshmen are part of "Generation X." They came into the world long after Vietnam, Richard Nixon, and Watergate. They never saw Senator Sam Ervin's eyebrows. Can you imagine? They were also born after Saturday Night...

Talk Tips: Start Brain Before Wagging Tongue.(speaking in public)
February 1, 1999... The brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute we are born, and it never stops until we stand up to speak in public. And that's what we're going to talk about this evening. The thing that most people fear the most. Some say...