CEO March 2006
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More than ever, CEOs are under intense scrutiny not only to be transparent, but also entirely visible in their efforts to project a sense of humanity that eclipses bottom-line ambitions....
As companies emerge tentatively from a grinding recession, many have used the past few years to focus on fully optimising their supply chains to maximise efficiency, cutting out unwieldy costs...
In this issue we salute five leading CEOs and company founders who have retained a passion for what they do, possess a desire to take risks and have an innate ability to engage with their...
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A Complex World - The Global CEO Survey
Globalisation and complexity: inevitable forces in a changing economy. That's the message from the CEOs who contributed their voices to PricewaterhouseCoopers' 9th Annual Global CEO Survey. In...
A Level Playing Field
Even today, women remain seriously under-represented in the upper echelons of the business world. Steve Coomber and Marjan Bolmeijer investigate why, even after decades of legislation and...
Diversity: Measuring Up
Internal accountability systems are crucial to ensuring a company's diversity. Inclusion policy must be taken to heart, not just left languishing in the mission statement, says Josefine van...
Executive Failure
A huge amount of time and effort is expended on attracting senior executives to a company. Yet despite a stringent interview process, research shows that around 40% of new senior...
Executive Stress
What's the best way to unwind from the corporate pressure cooker (and no, it's not with a good single malt)? Mark Stuart knows how to get you into...
Golden Opportunity
India and China are the locations most companies think of when considering offshoring. But unreliable power supplies, cultural differences and high staff turnover are increasingly leading CEOs...
HCM Keeps Pace
The premium that companies are placing on human assets can be seen in the scale of investment in a slew of HCM applications. Albert Pang, director of enterprise applications research, IDC,...
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Keith Burton, Insidedge, describes how effective employee communications fuels employee retention. He also highlights evidence from a recent survey, which demonstrates the similarities...
Strong Medicine
'Company doctor', 'turnaround professional', and 'interim CEO' – different connotations, but the same job. Nigel Ash writes about the people who fix sick...
