Brian Walker: Lessons from crises and recovery
The chair reserved for the president and CEO at Herman Miller, a successful and innovative office furniture maker, must have appeared comfortable when Brian Walker took the helm in 2000, but it soon became a hot seat.
Family values: Building a billion-dollar business
Risk management is the major change that has swept the construction industry in the past decade, according to Robert G. Hunt, chairman and chief executive officer of Hunt Construction Group.
John Mumford: An innovative venture capitalist turns to philanthropy
The venture capital industry has honored John Mumford, a founding partner in the Silicon Valley firm of Crosspoint Venture Partners, with its lifetime achievement award.
When the cure is worse than the disease: the HP debacle
In early 2005, Hewlett-Packard's board of directors was embroiled in controversy. Board discord anonymously spilled into the media, and an effort commenced to find and plug the leaks of board deliberations. The probe has erupted into scandal, indictments and congressional hearings.
Pursuit of whose happiness? Transformational leaders and personal values
What does it take to be an effective leader of a corporation? What must a chief executive officer do to energize employees and inspire them to go beyond what is normally expected? How does a CEO motivate employees to truly commit to a company?
Bob Anderson: Innovating from the bottom up at Best Buy
In the opening moments of Bob Anderson's presentation at a recent conference sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Business through Information Technology, the IT executive used the words "innovation" or "innovative" or "innovate" seven times. He has reasons to harp on that theme.
2008 NAWBO Conference: It's a man's world — or is it?
Does the world of business — in the past dominated by men — pose any special challenges for women?
Reading allies like a book: How smart framing spreads education in India
By focusing on solutions rather than causes, Pratham — a non-profit organization dedicated to primary education in India — has been remarkably successful in motivating donors and volunteers, not to mention the children this program has brought back into classrooms.
Fight or flight: How employees cope with organizational change
In a global marketplace, change isn't just good. For many companies, says Angelo Kinicki, it's necessary.
They're few and far between, but female executives benefit the firms they work for
Carly Fiorina was ousted from her role as CEO of Hewlett-Packard after the merger with Compaq, but that doesn't mean that women can't hold their own in the male-dominated corporate world.