Category Archives: CEO
Mounting losses…here’s a raise?
I was reading the Beck and Fordahl article, “CEO pay climbs despite companies struggles” when three sentences leapt off the page at me. Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors, (GM) announced this month the company had to close four plants … Continue reading
Filed under BusinessWeek, CEO
Does short-term management pay?
Natalie Mizik and Robert Jacobson wrote an article entitled, The cost of myopic management for the July/August edition of the Harvard Business Review in which they explored the costs paid by the organization (and ultimately investors) when they become too … Continue reading
Filed under CEO, CEO Pay, CEO Salary, Executive Pay, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Management, Natalie Mizik, Robert Jacobson
CEO Pay
I read an article on PC World about the rumored layoffs by IBM – the rumors are reportedly bogus – and I began to reflect on the Douglas Mattern article entitled, CEO Pay is Outrageous and It’s Undemocratic. In particular, … Continue reading
Filed under Bob Nardelli, CEO, CEO Pay, CEO Salary, Douglas mattern, Executive Excess, Executive Pay, Golden parachute, Home Depot, IBM, PC World
Do companies need a second in command?
Recently I read an article written by Nathan Bennett and Stephen Miles which was published in the May 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled, “Second in Command” which discusses the relationship between CEOs and COOs. The authors point … Continue reading
Filed under CEO, COO, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Nathan Bennett, Stephen Miles, Strategy, Uncategorized
