CEOs/C-Suite

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Executive Action Reports

August 2009	The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times... CEO Succession Planning Management succession is one of the most critical strategic risks a corporation faces and a favorite topic of discussion on the role of the board in business crises. File size: 745KB
June 2009	On the Record with Barry Melancon Barry Melancon, President and CEO of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, discusses some of the successful initiatives that the AICPA has taken to build a strong pipeline for the accounting profession. File size: 230KB
May 2009	The CEO View . . .Managing through the Global Financial Crisis CEOs of five of the world's leading companies predict that the current global financial crisis will leave its mark on how business is done in the future. But how, to what degree, and for how long? File size: 298KB
September 2008	Inside the Mind of the CEO: Careful What You Wish For A look at the issues that are keeping corporate bosses up at night, and insight into how CEOs make the decisions they do. File size:
July 2008	On the Record with George W. Buckley The chairman, president, and CEO of 3M Company, discusses how private equity firms and public companies are swapping roles and the increasing importance of close-to-market manufacturing. File size: 228KB
June 2008	On the Record with Jouko Karvinen In this exclusive in-depth interview, Jouko Karvinen, CEO of Stora Enso, Helsinki Finland, explains the importance of finding qualified managerial talent and planning for management succession. File size: 232KB
February 2008	How CEOs Turn Themselves (and Others) into True Leaders As never before, leaders of small-to-midsize companies must master softer, more intangible skills, such as the capacity to build relationships and maintain a strong culture. File size: 260KB
April 2007	The Business Benefits of Security: Making the Case in Mid-Market Companies Mid-market companies are coming to the realization that security is best viewed as an investment that increases business value, rather than an expense to be minimized. File size: 368KB
March 2007	A View From the Top: The Challenge of Building A Global Workforce Last November, a group of CEO panelists discussed the redistribution of jobs outside the United States with both optimism and concern. File size: 244KB
November 2006	Reward Trumps Risk: How Business Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Are Changing While companies see more potential reward than risk when it comes to corporate citizenship and sustainability (CC&S) issues, they are clearly struggling to find concrete ways to capitalize on their programs in the marketplace. File size: 205KB
September 2006	Global Talent Management: How Businesses Attract, Develop, and Retain the Best As baby boomers head towards retirement and birth rates decline globally, how will companies handle the available talent pool shrinking? File size: 101KB
September 2006	Growing the New Business Leader Are companies doing enough to anticipate their future leadership requirements? Are they instilling the right experiences and skills for the future in their talent of today? File size: 128KB
June 2006	The Nuts and Bolts of Execution: Putting Ideas to Work How do mid-market companies take great vision and make it a reality? File size: 147.48KB
June 2006	Making the Business Case for Security A survey of corporate decision-makers by The Conference Board and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security finds that executives give most weight to security concerns on issues of operational risk, such as compliance and certification. File size: 258.5KB
June 2006	On the Record With.... Dr. Gerhard Cromme An exclusive in-depth interview with Dr. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf, Germany. File size: 227.36KB
June 2006	On the Record With.... Dr. Stephanie A. Burns In this exclusive in-depth interview, Dow Corning President and CEO Dr Stephanie A. Burns, explains why the notion of an innovative organization must extend far beyond the development of new products into processes and strategy. File size: 226.5KB
June 2006	Growing a Family Company: An Exercise in Patience In order to survive, many smaller and mid-sized companies are being forced to grow. But to grow successfully, they will have to re-examine old attitudes and junk outdated business models. File size: 173.88KB
June 2006	On the Record With.... Sajjan Jindal Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel, Ltd.; Mumbai, India, explains his philosophy for corporate success, particularly the importance of maintaining a long-term business view in the face of short-term pressure. File size: 219.81KB
May 2006	On the Record With.... Bertrand Collomb An in-depth interview with Bertrand Collomb, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lafarge, France, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future. File size: 232.1KB
May 2006	On the Record With.... Lim Chee-Onn An in-depth interview with Lim Chee-Onn, Executive Chairman, Keppel Corporation, Ltd., Singapore, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future. File size: 218.45KB
February 2006	What's in a Day's Pay? SEC Proposes New Rules for Disclosing Executive Compensation Proxy statements will include more information — and more transparency. The impact on executive pay, companies and stockholders is less certain. File size: 101.8
February 2006	Strengthening Corporate Governance: A New Age of Entrepreneurship in India How is India benefiting from coming late to the game of developing globally accepted corporate governance standards? By reaping the results of years of experimentation and trial and error by others. File size: 136.86KB
February 2006	Preparing for the Worst: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning for Mid-Markets Why are smaller companies creating disaster survival plans? Because regulators, investors, and customers are demanding they do so. File size: 106.08KB
January 2006	What Do We Really Know about Effective Leadership in Change Management? While the need for effective leadership is seen to be one of growing importance, the means to achieve it are far from clear. So where does one turn for guidance, and where do efforts get focused? File size: 107.4 KB
June 2005	Going Global: Challenges for Indian Business At The Conference Board 2005 Global Leadership Development Conference a number of top Indian CEOs shared their experiences as emerging global leaders in the business marketplace. This piece highlights some of the key discussion points from said meeting. File size: 179.0KB
April 2005	How CFOs Carve Out Time for What Counts Most The job descriptions of CFOs in smaller and mid-sized organizations have been steadily expanding. When do they find time to work on tasks that will build shareholder value? File size: 88.7KB
February 2005	Reaching the Goal Line On Good Governance Complying with Sarbanes-Oxley has been a difficult undertaking for small and medium sized companies. It has been a painful learning experience with more lessons to be learned. File size: 105.1KB
February 2005	On the Record With...Julien De Wilde An interview with Julien De Wilde, CEO, N.V. Bekaert S.A., Kortrijk (Belgium), regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future. File size: 572.4KB
December 2004	Succession Planning....Without Tears Rather than putting off succession planning and then rushing to hire from the outside when the time arrives, small companies would be better served by grooming leaders from within the firm. File size: 108.6KB
November 2004	Strategy Struggles in the Boardroom Corporate strategist Donald V. Potter finds board meetings do not do justice to strategy discussions. Are separate meetings with a set agenda the answer? File size: 87.0KB
November 2004	On the Record With...Stan Shih An interview with Stan Shih, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, The Acer Group, Taipei, Taiwan, regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future. File size: 563.9KB
October 2004	On the Record With...Alain J.P. Belda An interview with Alain J.P. Belda, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa, Inc., regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future File size: 582.0KB
October 2004	On the Record With...Nandan M. Nilekani An interview with Nandan M. Nilekani, CEO, President, Managing Director, and Co-Founder. Infosys Technologies, Ltd., regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future. File size: 580.8KB
August 2004	Making Over Leaders and Leadership Styles Are the requirements of leadership changing? That is the question being asked as a new generation rises in the workplace. File size: 110.4KB
July 2004	The Evolving Role of the Board in CEO and “Back Bench” Senior Executive Succession Boards of Directors are becoming more involved in overall management succession. How can they ensure that the right leaders are in place to steer the company to be lucrative and principled. File size: 105.9KB
July 2004	Security Practices ... Security in Mid-Market Companies: The View From the Top Is corporate security an expense that should be minimized or an investment that increases business value? File size: 153.6KB
May 2004	CEOs and The Glass House This report is based on John R. Hall's remarks to The Conference Board's Director Institute. Hall emphasized the need for boards to ensure that ethical procedures are followed, and the company's Chief Executive Officer carefully monitored. File size: 97.8KB
May 2004	Strategic Planning for the Time-challenged For many smaller and mid-sized companies, whose management resources tend to be stretched thin, a simplified approach to planning works best. File size: 110.2KB
February 2004	On the Record With....Sir Martin Sorrell An interview with Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP, London, UK, regarding current trends in management and the marketplace and how they expect these to change by 2008. File size: 628.3KB
January 2004	On the Record With....Daniel DiMicco An interview with Daniel DiMicco, Vice-Chairman, President, and CEO, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC, regarding current trends in management and the marketplace. File size: 127.9 KB
January 2004	On the Record With....S. Dhanabalan An interview with S. Dhanabalan, Chairman, Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd., Singapore regarding management and market challenges. File size: 585.7KB
December 2003	The Entrepreneurial Flame: How to Keep it Burning Brightly in Your Company Maintaining the enthusiasm and motivation of your most creative, entrepreneurial-minded employees is difficult even in the best of times. Learn how some successful companies manage to always keep the entrepreneurial spirit flourishing. File size: 90.7KB
September 2003	Is "Crisis Mode" The New Energy Management Norm? In the United States, the traditional assumption about energy—abundant supplies at low cost—is being challenged by frequent "crises". File size: 85.5KB
September 2003	Managing Corporate Security in Mid-Markets Compared to large companies, security spending is more of a burden for smaller companies when expressed as a percentage of annual sales and they are less likely to feel that their security spending is adequate. File size: 161KB
September 2003	Ethics Programs: The Role of the Board Though recent events have imparted a new urgency to Board involvement and oversight of company ethics programs, a Conference Board study finds that such Board action is neither a new or a distinctly U.S. phenomenon. File size: 77.5KB
July 2003	The New Role of Audit Committees The audit committee plays a key role, but the proliferation of corporate scandals, new legislation, and stock exchange rules are creating critical new roles and responsibilities. File size: 94.8KB
July 2003	Managing Corporate Security: Patterns of Organization Despite raised expectations and heightened visibility, corporate America is undergoing an evolution rather than a revolution in the management of security concerns. File size: 103.2KB
April 2003	Designing a Healthy Regional Headquarters The key questions to answer when designing a regional headquarters are: How does it add value to the subordinate business unit? And how does it differ from the corporate office? File size: 148.8KB
December 2002	Getting Started... Building a Culture of Innovation For businesses today, there are two roads to profitability. One is a short-term fix—reducing operating costs. The other road, the one less traveled, is a more sustainable option—creating profitable new business growth. File size: 183.6KB
September 2002	Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority Even during corporate belt-tightening leadership development is a necessity, not a luxury. File size: 85.9KB
July 2002	Mission Critical: Controlling Costs ... Overview: Cut the Costs, But Not the Trust When it comes to costs, crash dieting does not make companies stronger in the long run—developing a "cost-conscious culture" does. File size: 92.1KB
June 2002	After Enron It's Back to Basics: 10 Questions Boards of Directors Need to Ask The adversarial history of corporate governance, the responsibilities required of directors, effective board processes, and red flag processes. File size: 69.2KB
February 2002	Does Your Board Have an Effective Management System of Its Own? Reviews the key areas directors should focus on to ensure they meet their increasingly stringent fiduciary liability. File size: 104KB
January 2002	CEOs on Citizenship Summarizes the results of surveys of managers, board members, and chief executives on corporate citizenship. File size: 65.5KB

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