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Article reprints are $10 each. Click to add to shopping cartLeadership  On Power and Empowerment -- Power is a prize you are going to have in your hands for a very short period. It's going to go away - so use it well, and share it well. By Robert L. Dilenschneider of The Dilenschneider Group.
Fourth Quarter 2007 [2 page(s)] What Is This Thing Called CEO Leadership? -- Whether it's a public company or a private equity-run business, both need leaders who embody these 10 crucial characteristics. By Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr., executive partner with Madison Dearborn Partners and former CEO of Baxter International.
Fourth Quarter 2007 [4 page(s)] The 4 Things Everyone Needs -- The famed college football coach recounts an important transition in his life and the realizations that came with it. He also answers a few questions about his role as a corporate director. By Lou Holtz.
First Quarter 2007 [1 page(s)] Sayings of Chairman Milt -- The publisher who led Directors & Boards into the activist and M&A-fueled decade of the 1980s always pointed leaders in the right direction. A sample of his wise counsel. Edited by James Kristie, editor of Directors & Boards.
Fourth Quarter 2006 [3 page(s)] Board Chairmen I Have Known -- And what I have learned from them. A 30th anniversary issue special feature. By David Finn, chairman and CEO of Ruder Finn Group.
Fourth Quarter 2006 [4 page(s)] The Management Style of Ronald Reagan -- There is much to learn from this unusually gifted chief executive. Here are my 10 lessons. A 30th anniversary issue special feature. By Murray Weidenbaum of the Weidenbaum Center, Washington University.
Fourth Quarter 2006 [5 page(s)] What the ‘Last Tycoon’ Tells Us about Leadership -- F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story of Monroe Stahr raises hard questions for anyone who wants to become a leader: Do you care intensely enough about your work? Do you feel personally accountable? Are you willing to pay the price? By Joseph L. Badaracco Jr., professor at the Harvard Business School.
Second Quarter 2006 [5 page(s)] On Goodwill and Great Leadership -- A reflection on legacy principles raises the question: What do you stand for? An excerpt from his book, Leadership Legacies: Words to Enlighten, Persuade and Inspire. By Myles Martel of Martel & Associates.
Second Quarter 2006 [1 page(s)] On Being a Leader: Old Rules vs. New Rules -- Think leadership means being an all-knowing deity who rules with an intimidating iron hand? Think again. Think 'consensus.' By Bob MacDonald.
Fourth Quarter 2005 [2 page(s)] The Virtue of Quiet Leadership -- "The world cries out for leadership" is a main message of the author's just-published autobiography, A Life in Leadership, and reaffirmed in his interview with Directors & Boards. The longtime investment banker, board member, and diplomat offers pointers on unleashing the inner leader within you. By John C. Whitehead.
Third Quarter 2005 [5 page(s)] Joe Plumeri at Work at Willis -- With his philosophy of "playing in traffic" to make good things happen, this CEO got the competitive spirit kicking in again at a 175-year-old company. "You?ve got to have an adventure all the time in your life." Interview by James Kristie, Directors & Boards editor.
Summer 2004 [7 page(s)] Probing the Mind and Life of Today's CEO -- Interviews with 40 business leaders, conducted by the dean of Yale's School of Management, yield a portrait of men and women acting with uncertainty in a world full of uncertainty. A picture of today's CEOs and of the revolution in which they find themselves. Sidebar spotlights on Intel's Andy Grove and Henry Paulson of Goldman Sachs. By Jeffrey Garten.
Winter 2001 [6 page(s)] The CEO as 'Captain of Industry': A Dying Breed? -- A Federalist Society panel discussion of well-placed experts analyzes the forces reconfiguring the role and influence of the CEO, and the potential implications for boards, shareholders, and the business community at large. Commentary by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, T.J. Dermot Dunphy, Philip Lochner, Joel Friedlander, Brian Lane, and Damon Silvers.
Spring 2001 [8 page(s)] Ed Woolard: A Life in Governance -- He was an agent of change both within his own company's board and as a director on other 'hot seat' boards. Now the retired chairman and CEO of Du Pont is spurring the ambitions of a new academic initiative in the governance field. Interview with Robert Rock and James Kristie of Directors & Boards.
Fall 2000 [6 page(s)] Paul Volcker: Corporate Director and Public Servant -- It's been 13 years since his historic chairmanship of the Fed, and Paul Volcker is now, of all things, bumping up against age limits for corporate directors. A Q&A about life and issues in the global financial realm and in the public company boardroom. Interview by Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
Fall 2000 [9 page(s)] Mike Armstrong's Principles of Leadership -- What the chairman and CEO of AT&T thinks is important for people to know about leading an organization today: Have a defining idea; have the courage to be competitive; trust your team; embrace risk; and commit to values. By Thomas Neff and James Citrin of Spencer Stuart.
Fall 1999 [4 page(s)] A Formula for Prosperity -- Ten principles of CEO leadership that have paid off big -- big as in 146 quarters of consecutive growth -- for this longtime head of Automatic Data Processing Inc. By Josh Weston.
Winter 1998 [4 page(s)] Harold S. Geneen: In Memoriam -- Reflections on the legendary head of ITT Corp. By Barbara J. Hendra of the Hendra Agency Inc.
Winter 1998 [2 page(s)] Sandy Weill, Pragmatic Dreamer -- Taking a break from the merger action -- with the Salomon Brothers acquisition recently closed and the Citicorp deal secretly gestating -- Travelers Group CEO Sanford Weill met with Directors & Boards to talk about his individualistic approach to dealmaking, governance, building a company, and striving to do well in business and in life. Interview by Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
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