Features

The Master's Voice
CEOs say the darndest things. Just take a look at their annual letters.
By Peter Krass

The Hokum of Cultural Sensitivity
So what if you don't know when to bow in Japan or take off your shoes in India? It's your business skill that will win people over.
By Omar Khan

The Ultimate Player
The game's not over for Sandy Weill, who reflects on his wins, his losses, and his future.
By A.J. Vogl

Giving Business the Business
A critic undercuts the language of corporate America.
By Nicholas von Hoffman

What Geeks Say About Suits
Why are IT people complaining about the rest of us?
By Bill Pfleging and Minda Zetlin

Old Questions
With all the research that's been done on older workers, you'd think we'd know a thing or two about them. So why don't we?
By Mary B. Young

Your Next Mistake
. . . would be for you not to read about the seven most common mistakes you're likely to make.
By Robert E. Mittelstaedt

Soundings

Freed by Hierarchy?
By George M. Naimark

And more from
Joseph Stiglitz, Clotaire Rapaille, William Dunk, Roger Volkema, Lou Dobbs, Stanley Bing, Peter Barnes, Ed Zander, C. Wright Mills, Brian Tracy, Seth Godin, and Giles Slade.

Questioning Authority
Michael Shuman

Questioning Authority
Jacob Hacker

Departments

Adventures in Cyberspace
What do the media and Forrest Gump have in common?
By E.J. Heresniak

Entrepreneuring
Restraining downsized workers for jobs that will never return is a waste of time. They deserve better.
By Larry Farrell

Style & Substance
Shopping is as much a science as it is an art..
By Paco Underhill

"What's the Best Business Book You've Read This Year?"
Our annual look at books that have inspired leading executives and thinkers. Carly Fiorina, Jim Collins, Frances Hesselbein, and many others reveal what's been resting atop their nightstands.
By Matthew Budman

Sightings
Getting High at Work
By Vadim Liberman

Openers
Gray Matters
By A.J. Vogl