William J. Holstein is the author of Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon (Walker & Co., 2009). For more of his work, visit www.williamjholstein.com.
May 21, 2009
President Obama is nearing the most important decision a President has made in modern times regarding the American economy. On or about June 1, he will push General ...
March 2, 2009
Now that President Barack Obama and his task force on the automotive industry have engaged directly with General Motors (GM) and Chrysler to discuss whether they will ...
July 10, 2008
Boards of directors are making progress in coming to grips with linking the pay of CEOs to their actual performance, but severance pay for CEOs (BusinessWeek, 7/3/08) ...
June 26, 2008
Shareholder proposals urging companies to tackle issues of climate change and sustainability gained ground during the 2008 proxy season that's now coming to a ...
June 13, 2008
The largest 500 companies in the U.S. have to work harder to globalize their boards of directors if they want to penetrate emerging markets where double-digit economic...
May 30, 2008
Chief executives have an overly optimistic view of how their senior management teams are performing, says Fred Adair, a Boston-based partner at Heidrick & Struggles ...
May 15, 2008
Chief executive officers of Western multinationals will have to do a better job of articulating why their investments in emerging markets are positive for the ...
May 2, 2008
Chief executive officers of multinational companies should regard climate change and looming energy shortages as business opportunities (BusinessWeek.com, 4/24/08), ...
April 17, 2008
Whether related to climate change or not, recent windstorms, floods, and other natural disturbances are causing greater losses than ever to U.S. multinationals, says ...
April 3, 2008
Top managements of companies around the world are confronting a growing chorus of demands to articulate their corporate social responsibility strategies, yet 76% of ...
March 20, 2008
Deere (DE), the maker of John Deere agricultural equipment, may be based in Moline, Ill., in the heart of the American Midwest, but it has created a board on which ...
March 6, 2008
Indian companies aspiring to become world-spanning multinationals demonstrate better corporate governance than their Chinese rivals, says Tarun Khanna, a professor at ...
February 21, 2008
Chief executives should place a higher priority on creating strong corporate cultures, not to give employees warm, fuzzy feelings, but to spur profitability, says ...
February 7, 2008
The managements and boards of major U.S. companies are facing an even sharper rise in shareholder activism this coming proxy season than they faced in 2007, warns John...
January 29, 2008
Senior managements and the boards of directors of major financial institutions such as Citicorp (C) and Merrill Lynch (MER) failed to perform their proper corporate ...
January 24, 2008
Boards must do a better job of orienting and training new directors, says Richard Rosen, a partner in the leadership consulting practice of search firm Heidrick & ...
January 10, 2008
More companies should develop clear succession plans for the CEO job, as McCormick & Co. (MKC) did, says Robert Lawless. He just stepped aside after 11 years as chief ...
December 27, 2007
Boards of directors can become dysfunctional for a number or reasons: if members lack the right skills, don't prepare for board meetings, or seek to dominate the ...
December 17, 2007
The issue of compensation for chief executives was muted in 2007 but the issue will heat up again in 2008, says George Paulin, CEO of Frederick W. Cook & Co., a ...
November 27, 2007
With so much economic growth occurring outside the U.S. it's increasingly important for American companies to have chief executive officers and board members who have ...
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