The Conference Board

 


The Conference Board ReviewTM Magazine

July/August 2005

Features

 

Confessions of an Executive Coach
You can offer only so much advice to CEOs -- what do you do if they don't listen?
By Omar Khan

The Artistic Connection
What do operas and orchestras have to do with business? More than you think.
By Stan Davis and David McIntosh

 

Thieves' Paradise
Foreigners are out to rob your company's secrets, says Pat Choate. Is there anything you can do to stop them?
By A.J. Vogl

Obsolete at 40
Think you're in the prime of your life? Not according to those younger than you.
By Bill Kelley

 

The Indians Are Coming
. . . and they're changing the way Americans do business. Find out what they know that we don't.
By Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove

What Will You Leave Behind?
More and more executives are starting their own family foundations. What are you waiting for?
By Deanne Stone

 

Getting Personal
You'll need to do more than print your basic information on a business card if you want people to remember you.
By Vadim Liberman

False Endings, Weak Signals
With everyone eager to declare the end of everything from work to science to democracy, maybe it's time you start responding to beginning signals that will affect your business.
By Luc de Brabandere

Departments

 

Openers

By A.J. Vogl

From the Board
Do exit interviews serve any function? Yes, says United Technologies Corp.'s Grace Figueredo.
By Vadim Liberman

 

In Review
The Yankees have won twenty-six World Series. Is there anything your business can learn from them?
By Charles M. Madigan

In Review
Middle managers have nothing to lose but their minds, says the French woman who wrote this best-selling diatribe against business culture.
Alexandre Dorozynski

 

Sightings
Turning Back the Clock
By Matthew Budman

Adventures in Cyberspace
Reading blogs may be fun, but it's still a waste of time.
By E.J. Heresniak

 

The Irrational Universe
With so many horror stories about bad bosses, it's easy to forget that there are good bosses out there.
By Phyllis Gail Doloff

Entrepreneuring
Your MBA may make you a good manager, but it won't make you a great entrepreneur.
By Larry Farrell

 

Press Box
CEOs appearing on television-what a strange concept! At least it was until Mike Kandel came along.
By Ellsworth Quarrels

Soundings

 

A Little Black Magic
By Jeanne Liedtka

The Benefits of Leading Blindfolded
By Kenichi Ohmae

 

Self-Serving Bias
By David Skeel

Ten Years to Deep Smarts
By Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap

 

Questioning Authority: Russell Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin
By Vadim Liberman

And more from
Bruce Mau, Raoul Felder, Will McCarthy, Dave Haynes, Kim Long, and Donald Trump.


Editor A.J. Vogl, Managing Editor Matthew Budman, Creative Director Serena L. Spiezio, Assistant Editor Vadim Liberman, Contributing Editors Phyllis G. Doloff, Larry Farrell, Gail Fosler, E.J. Heresniak, James Krohe Jr., Ellsworth Quarrels, Michael Schrage, Richard Whalen, Publisher Chuck Mitchell, Advertising Manager Michael Alexander, Advertising Production Manager Chun Tao, Circulation Director Denese Brooks-Clarke

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