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Nbr. 2009, January 2009

A billion here, a billion there: you need 10-figure losses to play in the big leagues.

FLIP SIDE - Troubled Asset Relief Program (US Treasury - Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan - Intel Corp. - Gannett Company Inc.

A room with a Wii? Road warriors are picking up high-tech perks as top hotels look to lure business travelers.

EXECUTIVE LIFE

A valuable issue.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Accounting for standards: adoption of international accounting standards mandates rethinking strategy.

REGULATION

America's 10 largest energy producing companies.

INbox

Andy McKenna.

WHO'S WHO

Anil Gupta.

WHO'S WHO

Anne Mulcahy.

WHO'S WHO

Are you ready for the pay czar?

FINALWORD - Report - Brief article

Back from the brink.

CEO CHRONICLES - Company overview

Banking on a robust service offering.

CEO CHRONICLES - Company overview

Best companies for leaders: 3M shoots to the top of the current ranking.

COVER STORY - Company rankings

Beyond Bagels.

CEO CHRONICLES - James Greco - Occupation overview

Bill Hawkins' second act.

CEO CHRONICLES

Bill Nuti.

WHO'S WHO

Business in the twilight zone: to promote prosperity, government should support entrepreneurs, not punish them.

CHIEF CONCERN

California dreaming.

FINALWORD

Censoring scuttlebutt: the perils of blocking gossipy bloggers.

FLIP SIDE

CEO Confidence continues to recover.

CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX

CEO confidence edges upwards.

CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX

CEO Confidence sinks to another all-time low.

CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX

CEO confidence worsens: employment worries widen.

CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX

CEO pay for performance: reality or illusion: is it "pay for performance" or "pay before performance"?

THOUGHT LEADER

CEOs' legal lament: it's hard to play a game when the rules keep changing.

REGULATION

CEOs select Best, Worst States for job growth and business.

SURVEY

Charlie Cannon.

WHO'S WHO

Chipping away.

CEO CHRO NICLES

Clare Hart.

WHO'S WHO

Cleaner meaner machines: clean diesels deliver powerful--and environmentally conscious-performance.

EXECUTIVE LIFE

Correction.

Correction notice

Crony capitalism.

FINALWORD - General Motors Corp. - United Automobile Workers - Troubled Asset Relief Program (US Treasury

Dan Glaser.

WHO'S WHO

Darius A. Ross.

WHO'S WHO

Deciding how to decide: five paths to bad leadership choices--and how to avoid them.

STRATEGY - Company overview

Dennis E. Wheeler.

WHO'S WHO

Dennis Garritan.

WHO'S WHO

Don't worry, be happy: who says money can't buy happiness?

FLIP SIDE

Doubling down.

CEO CHRONICLES

Eco-chic & the sustainability flak catchers: who--if anyone--is getting this sustainability thing right?

GREEN BUSINESS

Electrify the economy: AEP CEO Mike Morris rallies for a national electric grid backbone as the next interstate system.

CEO WATCH - Interview

Erik Luhrs.

WHO'S WHO

Farooq Kathwari.

WHO'S WHO

Financially refocusing: how has the financial crisis changed your thinking?

UNCOMMON WISDOM

Finding funding: cash is hard--but not impossible--to come by.

CORPORATE FINANCE

Fine-Tuning Philips.

CEO CHRONICLES - Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

Fixing executive compensation: right time, wrong approach: as government-mandated pay caps loom, there may be another way to defuse public anger.

COMPENSATION

Found in translation.

CEO CHRONICLES - Rosetta Stone, Inc. - Tom Adams

Getting real: need to make an appearance in coach? Send a doppelganger.

FLIP SIDE

Gone with the wind: Boone Pickens promotes his plan to lower oil imports.

CEO WATCH - Interview

Green is the new black: now, more than ever, sustainability initiatives are vital.

CHIEF CONCERN

Growth at risk.

FEEDBACK - Brief article

Have boards really changed?

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Having an out-of-money experience.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Henry Fernandez.

WHO'S WHO

How I'm getting myself through the financial crisis: when a bear market affects emotional capital there are ways to restore your personal bottom line.

UNCOMMON WISDOM

How the Army manages transformation: like any large, complex organization that must adapt to new realities, the U.S. Army seeks to knock down silos and rethink the way it looks at itself. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., talks about what it takes to modernize a 1.1 million-person organization, where getting people to embrace change is the key.

THE ORGANIZATION - Interview

How to move up in the rankings.

Howard Brodsky.

WHO'S WHO

In fact.

CEO CHRONICLES

In fact.

CEO CHRONICLES

In fact.

CEO CHRONICLES

Information begins with facts, which can be assembled to identify trends. Put it all together to derive knowledge. Presenting Chief Executive's infact.

INfact

Information begins with facts, which can be assembled to identify trends. Put it all together to derive knowledge. Presenting chief executive's INfact.

IN fact

Innovate or perish: what leaders must do.

CEO2CEO SUMMIT

Is Nigeria the next India? Long viewed as politically unstable, this African country is poised for a development boom.

EMERGING MARKETS

Island living: looking for a second home? Consider the Caribbean.

EXECUTIVE LIFE

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

WHO'S WHO

Jennie McNeill Campbell.

WHO'S WHO

Jim Skinner.

WHO'S WHO

John Allen.

WHO'S WHO

John E. Potter.

WHO'S WHO

J.P. Donlon.

WHO'S WHO

Killing the electric car again: the culprits are the same as the last time--batteries.

BATTERY TECHNOLOGY

Leadership imperatives.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Legal reform and healthcare reform.

FEEDBACK

Leigh J. Abrams.

WHO'S WHO

Leonard Tannenbaum.

WHO'S WHO

Leveraging China and India: two countries are the key to staying competitive in cost, talent and innovation.

Company overview

Lonely at the top: who can CEOs turn to for support in trying times?

LEADERSHIP

Looking for the 'new normal'.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Major General Keith L. Thurgood.

WHO'S WHO

Mark J. Manoff.

WHO'S WHO

Marshall Cooper.

WHO'S WHO

McCEO: Jim Skinner, the man at the pinnacle of the Golden Arches, has developed a leadership and performance recipe that's simple and powerful--and an example for others.

CEO OF THE YEAR - Interview - Company overview

Mr. Cool.

CEO CHRONICLES

Mr. President, let's not piddle around.

FINALWORD

Next-generation globalization: what will it take to succeed in the next stage of globalization?

During Economic Uncertainty

No more bailouts.

FINAL WORD

No roses for Sarah; Thorn for CE.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Not all such Strategies Fail.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Opportunities in Adversity: what leading companies are doing to find opportunities in the economic downturn.

ROUND TABLE - Company overview

Passion for packaging.

CEO CHRONICLES - Ilene Gordon of Alcan Packaging - Occupation overview

Paul C. Winum, Ph.D.

WHO'S WHO

Paying the piper: anything is possible as congress takes aim at corporate compensation.

Personal lessons from the financial crisis: the trick is to learn from--but not overreact to--the market downturn.

UNCOMMON WISDOM

Pitchforks for populists.

FINALWORD - Brief article

Pumping protection.

CEO CHRONICLES

Rakesh Kaul.

WHO'S WHO

Ralph Alvarez.

WHO'S WHO

Ranking CEO wealth creation.

CEO WEALTH CREATION INDEX

Real dealer.

CEO CHRO NICLES - R. Donahue Peebles

Rebuilding trust in the CEO: how can business leaders revive stakeholder confidence?

ROUND TABLE

Recognizing rewards: how engaged are your employees--and what can you do about it?

Reengineering financial services: how data tagging has made a muddle of financial transparency-and what CEOs can do about it.

REGULATION

Regenerating in a recession.

CEO CHRONICLES

Resourcing and transforming the U.S. Army.

CEO2CEO SUMMIT

Re-thinking global strategy: will India, China and emerging markets continue as the new centers of global gravity in the new era?

CEO2CEO SUMMIT

Rethinking manufacturing strategy.

COVER STORY - Company overview

Rich Daly.

WHO'S WHO

Robert M. Donnelly.

WHO'S WHO

Scott R. Gingold.

WHO'S WHO

Six deadly M&A Sins: companies get hitched for smart reasons--except when they don't.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS - Company overview

So sorry for this apology.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Sound, fury--and reasoned response: companies should review--and revise--pay plans before "say on pay.".

THOUGHT LEADER - Editorial

Stephen Villa.

WHO'S WHO

Steven Shaw.

WHO'S WHO

Still searching for authenticity: former Medtronic CEO Bill George dishes on CEO compensation, politics and healthcare.

CEO WATCH - Interview

Succeeding with sustainability: highlights from the Spain/U.S. Business Sustainability Conference.

CONFERENCE - Conference news

Success in service: don't let uncertainty threaten your performance with customers.

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Company overview

Succession in practice: how to make succession work--for the company, the board and the CEO.

LEADERSHIP - Interview

Sustainability for CEOs: environmental initiatives are about more than preserving natural resources; they're about ensuring long-term profitable growth.

PRODUCTIVITY

Sustainability solution.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Swedish sensation.

CEO CHRONICLES

The criminalization of corporate conduct: a noted entrepreneur and a former U.S. Attorney General illuminate a growing problem facing business leaders and advance several possible solutions.

CEO WATCH

The 'F' word in healthcare: eliminating fraud can cut $250 billion of current healthcare system costs.

CHIEF CONCERN

The invisible black hand: take a hard look at the fed's soft bailout logic.

FLIP SIDE

The power of passion: how your company thinks about customers determines your revenue.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

The reluctant CEO.

CEO CHRONICLES

The Sanctity of Contracts in a World of Bailouts: every firm--and every CEO--that has received bailout money has to ask itself whether its employment contracts are immune from government revision.

LAW

The tenth CEO leader driving growth and value.

CEO2CEO SUMMIT - Company overview

The tortoise, the hare and IFRS: start soon and proceed steadily to win the standards race.

International Financial Reporting Standards - Cheif executive officers

The trouble with China.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

The Universities Patent Scorecard--2009 university leaders in innovation.

IN box

The war on prosperity.

FINAL WORLD

Thomas J. Quinlan.

WHO'S WHO

Thorns & roses.

CEO CHRONICLES - Caroline Kennedy - Brief article

Thorns & roses.

Three top wealth creators and destroyers.

CEO WEALTH CREATION INDEX

Tracy Bahl.

WHO'S WHO

Trust is dead. Long live trust.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Trust is dead. Long live trust: do you have what it takes to survive in a "Trust Economy"?

CHIEF CONCERN - Survey

Understanding China.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Understanding China III: vision: China's leaders know that they must be flexible, innovate, consider diverse opinions and make measured decisions.

UNCOMMON WISDOM

Understanding China IV: stability: addressing inequality, both within national borders and across them, is critical for a peaceful and prosperous future.

UNCOMMON WISDOM

Unlimited bandwidth; ubiquitous access.

CEO2CEO SUMMIT

Video vanguard.

CEO CHRONICLES - Robert Hagerty of Polycom Inc.

Wall Street meltdown.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Wall street's leadership crisis: looking for the culprit behind today's market woes? Try quarterly reporting.

CHIEF CONCERN

Want better performance? Say you're sorry.

COVER STORY

Wayne Cooper.

WHO'S WHO

Wealth Creators.

FEEDBACK - Letter to the editor

Web 2.0: the ROI case: "crowdsourcing," "wikis" and "viral branding" translate into "positive impacts on the bottom line.".

INSIGHTS FROM INSEAD

Welcome to a Web 2.0 world: why--and how--so many CEOs are suddenly embracing Web 2.0.

TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS

What a values-based turnaround looks like.

CEO WATCH - Interview

What is wrong with CEO succession? A seamless leadership transition is undeniably critical, yet only half of CEO turnover in 2007 was planned.

ROUND TABLE

What your customers are really telling you: how do we keep customers satisfied and loyal for the long haul?

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

What's next for innovation? How to stay inventive in a time of retrenchment.

INNOVATION STRATEGY

Where will the electricity come from?

FEED BACK - Brief article

Why succession is a continuity issue.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Will healthcare innovation survive fannie med?

FINALWORD

William Hickey.

WHO'S WHO

Women and leadership: why aren't women viewed as visionary?

INSIGHTS FROM INSEAD - Company overview

Your company has changed, why hasn't your board? The board that helped you get where you are may not be the board you need to get you where you want to go.

GOVERNANCE

11th annual CEO2CEO Leadership Summit: December 1, 2009 New York Stock Exchange, New York, NY.

2009 CEO wealth creators ... and destroyers: in the second annual chief executive/applied finance group wealth creation rankings, we access the best and worst performers among the S&P 500 over the last three years.

CEO WEALTH CREATION INDEX

2009 Chief Executive of the Year: Xerox's Anne Mulcahy passes the baton to Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald's.

LEADERSHIP