This is the fourth in a series of 10 posts about different aspects of CEO branding. Where does the buck stop in your organization? U.S. President Harry S. Truman spelled it out with a sign on his desk: “The buck stops here!” With those words, which he also keenly referenced in speeches, he explicitly took [...]
Jul 19, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Features, Insights | Tags: accountability, accountable, BP, business leaders, CEO, CEO branding, CEOs, dignity, employees, fairness, Harry S. Truman, Howard Schultz, humility, News Corp., News of the World, president, respect, Rupert Murdoch, shareholders, Starbucks, The buck stops here, Tony Hayward, trust | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on the Huffington Post. In my travels around the world, I’ve (over)heard a lot of ways for people to say they’ve reached a point of no return with their frustration, feeling so full of stress that they’re stirred from passive acceptance to action. Some cultures say it’s “the drop that makes the jar [...]
Sep 13, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Politics, Social Media, Youth | Tags: #WakeUpCall, American Dream, anger, Arab Spring, Bob Geldof, brand, capitalism, change, consumer behavior, Crown Prince Haakon, Desmond Tutu, economy, Financial Times, frustration, global business, Howard Schultz, interfaith dialogue, Jamie Oliver, Joseph Stiglitz, leadership, Libya, Main Street, middle class, Middle East, Moammar Gadhafi, Mohamed El-Erian, One Young World, protest, riot, social justice, stress, trendspotter, trendspotting, unemployment, Vanity Fair, Wall Street, Warren Buffett, YouGovStone, Youth | Leave A Comment »
