Browsing Tag »crisis«

The Myths of CEO Compensation, Part I

May 20, 2009

The Story Behind Automaker CEO PR Disasters There’s nothing quite like a news story in which a corporate CEO is photographed in handcuffs. As the perceived pinnacle of global malfeasance, today’s CEO is widely vilified, and often for good reason. Or so it is assumed. Nothing illustrated the wide disconnect between CEOs and the masses [...]

The crumbling of Jesse Jackson’s empire

July 17, 2008

I’ve never been a fan. People who are quick to thrust themselves into the limelight at moment’s notice tend to, after awhile, raise suspicion as to true motives. Like most who publicly introduce others’ faults to the world with a high-level of shame, Jesse Jackson’s legacy of moralistic preaching is coming back to slap him [...]