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4 CEOs Make List of Top Leaders of 2011

The Washington Post just released its list of the top leaders of the past 12 months. The 12 best leaders include diplomats, athletes, politicians and four CEOs. The chief executive winners are Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Warren Buffett and Sam Palmisano.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 29 2011

$38 Million Turns into $1 Million: Stanford Finds the Real Value of Executive Compensation Packages

There are many ways to measure executive compensation packages, and in its paper, “What Does It Mean for an Executive to ‘Make’ $1 Million?” Stanford Graduate School of Business explores what CEOs really take home (not just what the media says they do). For example, in 2008 Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit took home over $38 million in reported compensation, but that translates to $2.9 million earned compensation, or just over $1 million in realized compensation.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter , CEO Compensation December 29 2011

Which GOP Candidates Would Send CEOs Over to Obama’s Side?

In December, for the first time since September, CEOs favored a candidate other than Mitt Romney for the Republican party nominee: Newt Gingrich. But some consider Gingrich more polarizing than Romney (and this week, Gingrich’s campaign has cooled). A larger percentage of CEOs would rather vote for President Obama than Gingrich if that is how the ballot looks in November. If Romney is the Republican nomination, on the other hand, more CEOs would vote for him than the incumbent President. Where do the rest of the nominees stand?

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter , Election Center December 27 2011

Oracle’s Earnings Indicate Businesses Still Cautious, Not Yet Ready to Spend

Oracle’s earnings results were lower than expected and its shares are down 21 percent for the year. The news from Oracle prompted a sell-off of shares in other enterprise software companies. Oracle sells expensive and complex systems to businesses, and so its poor performance may indicate that many CEOs aren’t ready to heavily invest in capital expenditures.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 21 2011

Can Your Company Measure Up-Against INSEAD’s Six-Point Stress Test?

Two INSEAD professors spent 15 years studying why some ideas don’t translate from management to the workforce. This strategy research enabled the professors to formulate a six-point stress test. Would your company pass? One of the questions: do you have a continuous learning system?

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 20 2011

CEOs Beware: Employee Exodus Potential Overstated

According to FastCompany, multiple surveys suggest that 2012 could go down in history as “the year of corporate musical chairs,” [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 7 2011

Jefferies CEO Takes Hands-On Approach to Crisis Management

When faced with intense media scrutiny, most CEOs defer to their public relations professionals for damage control. That’s why Jefferies [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 7 2011

CEOs with Severance Packages Underperform by Up to 4%

An assistant professor at Tulane’s Freeman School of Business has found that a company’s stock can suffer by as much [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 7 2011

Editor in Chief JP Donlon: How CEOs Use Cultural Levers to Push Growth

As markets continue to be plagued by low economic growth and strategic life cycles become shorter, companies that don’t adapt their cultures will most likely not succeed. More and more CEOs are learning to disperse the tasks of leadership across the organization until there are leaders at every level.

 JP Donlon CEO Briefing Newsletter December 1 2011

3 Lessons for Fail-Proof Negotiation

Are you a skilled negotiator? This article from TechCrunch provides anecdotal evidence from entrepreneur James Altucher on how to make [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter December 1 2011

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