Chief Executive (U.S.)

TURNOVERA new feature of this year's Route to the Top survey is a profile of CEO turnover, analyzing replacement among the S&P 500's chief executives. At first glance, the 2004 statistics don't suggest an unusual amount of tumult: Only 13 percent...

More than just a policy, getting true diversity is about execution.Eugene McGrath is chairman and chief executive of Con Edison. One might assume, with one of the most diverse candidate pools in its backyard, Con Edison wouldn't need to work much at...

WE'RE ALL GROWING IMMUNE TO LARGE ROUND NUMBERS. BY JOE QUEENANA study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance estimates that the annual losses from global software piracy are in the neighborhood of $29 billion. This is quite a staggering figure,...

CEOs are learning how to manage their CIOs.Remember how a simple technology called the Universal Product Code, the zebra stripe labels now affixed to just about every product and package, powerfully streamlined the distribution and sale of goods? FedEx...

Computerizing patient records would yield huge savings, but the industry is slow to take it up. What's a CEO to do? Plenty, as it turns out. BY ERIK SHERMANWhen George C. Halvorson thought he had a bone spur in his shoulder, he went to Kaiser Permanente...

PROPER BEHAVIOR MUST BE DEFINED AND MEASURED.If you as a CEO truly believe that integrity matters, you should hold your people accountable for it. That means you must define what integrity means for your business in behavioral terms, measure it and then...

EDITORIALSTHE EVIDENCE is now overwhelming that Sarbanes-Oxley has gone too far. Enacted in a moment of urgency in 2002, following the meltdowns at Enron and WorldCom, the legislation was perhaps necessary at the time. But even Rep. Michael Oxley, Republican...

Urgent action is necessary for the U.S. to maintain its muscle.Gary Cowger, president of General Motors North America, argues that manufacturing is in trouble-and that's bad for the overall economy. Here are excerpts from his remarks:* "For every dollar...

Buoyed by billions of dollars in new funding, NGOs are increasingly on CEO radar screens. Are they new pests or constructive partners? BY BILL BIRCHARDWhen the world's biggest cement maker, Paris-based Lafarge, wanted advice on how to improve its environmental...

Beach house? They'll take a Big Sky ranch.When David Leuschen describes his Montana ranch, it sounds as if he's exaggerating. He owns about 200,000 acres of snow-covered peaks and gaping canyons outside Yellowstone National Park and runs 2,000 head of...

SURVEYCORPORATE LEADERS find a dramatic difference in business conditions among the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the basis of tax rates, regulatory environments, growth rates, work force attitudes and quality of life issues.By far,...

CEOS WHO ARE at the very heart of deterring terrorism have a simple request to the feds: Tell us who the bad guys are. Larry Johnston of Albertsons is worried about the security of the global food supply system. He has 237,000 employees and turnover...

Joel Klein, at the frontier of schools reform in New York, urges CEOs to lobby Washington on behalf of public education. BY PAUL ROGERSAs U.S. companies struggle to compete in the global marketplace, many find themselves at a fundamental disadvantage:...

Can CEOs turn up the heat on Washington for solutions? BY RUSS MITCHELLWhen chief executives say that something strikes fear in their hearts, chances are they're talking about something truly awesome. And what is scaring CEOs these days? The nation's...

With its new A6, Audi earns full luxury status.It seems hard to imagine, but less than 20 years ago Audi made middle-class automobiles of doubtful reliability. They were known in Europe as "burgher cars": good enough for small-town businessmen, better...