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Making Sense of CEO Pay Two contrary developments reveal decidedly mixed developments in CEO compensation. In order to justify its pay to its top executives, Citibank is forever fiddling with the rivals it compares itself with. Conversely, in a clear sign that it is unhappy with the direction of the company the board of J.C. Penney cut the pay of its CEO Ron Johnson by almost 97 percent.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	April 3 2013
What to Do About Swelling U.S. Cash Piles U.S. non-financial companies held a record $1.45 trillion in cash at the end of 2012, up 10 percent from the previous year, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Apple and a handful of other tech firms have raised the overall liquidity of public companies. The richest industries are technology, healthcare and pharmaceutical, energy and consumer products, according to Moody’s.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 27 2013
10 CEOs Earn ‘Only’ $1 a Year CEO.com assembled a list of 10 “big-time CEOs” who earn a base salary of just $1 a year. At a time when most CEOs are notorious for enormous pay packages (on average $10.5 million, according to Forbes), these 10 have opted for something less lofty. They do have one thing in common: all are entrepreneurial with all but one—Eddie Lampert—having founded a business. Yes, Virginia, founder-entrepreneurs do think differently than manager-CEOs.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 27 2013
Using War Games to Battle Test Your Innovation Strategy When launching new offerings innovators commonly fail to anticipate their rivals actions and motivations. McKinsey strategy practice experts say that war gaming competitors can help focus innovators in the way they identify markets, seize opportunities and shape their new products and services.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 27 2013
Does Marissa Mayer Have What It Takes to Fix Yahoo? Fred Hassan, a six time turnaround CEO, has his doubts but feels as a product leader, Marissa Mayer is the right person. The difficulty lies in the fact that as a newly minted public company CEO, she has never seen a turnaround at Google—and needs advice and support to undertake what arguably is the most difficult task any CEO faces.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 20 2013
CEO Confidence Index March 2013 The CEO Confidence Index, Chief Executive‘s monthly gauge of CEO expectations for overall business conditions over the next 12 months, dipped 1.5% in March, falling to 5.55. CEOs remain cautiously optimistic about prospects over the next year.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Confidence Index	March 14 2013
Doctor Shortage in California In Face of Obamacare Overhaul California, the state that first attempted to implement President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, has realized there aren’t enough doctors to care for the large influx of newly insured patients.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 13 2013
Entrepreneurs’ Propensity for Risk; Taxes, Licensing Regulations and Economic Uncertainty Cited as Challenges Data on newly formed companies and their founders are hard to come by, but a vital component to measuring economic health emerged in a recent study of today’s entrepreneurs. LegalZoom and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation surveyed 1,431 business owners who formed their companies through LegalZoom in 2012. Policy makers should heed the finding that certain barriers impede start-ups at a critical stage of development.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 13 2013
Strong Company Reputations Aren’t Always What They Seem Amazon.com is widely popular. In fact, according to a Harris Interactive survey of 14,000 individuals Amazon enjoys the best reputation among the general public of any company. But wait. Last year last year Apple topped Harris Interactive same survey and recently it has seen its stock plummet by more than 20 percent. Mark Hulbert, editor of the Hulbert Financial Digest argues that the most admired companies aren’t always the best investments.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 13 2013
Middle Market Poised to Add One Million Jobs Forty-two percent of mid-size companies plan to add workers in 2013.	ChiefExecutive.net	CEO Briefing Newsletter	March 8 2013

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