Word: boardroom
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Usually Hutch finds himself pitted against his bete noir, Dennis Worner, CEO of Worner industries, a multi-national conglomerate. We first see Worner - where else? - presiding over his group of toadying yes-men in a boardroom. He sports a puppet on top of his head as some sort of crazed motivational device. "What is the half-life of your innovation?" he screams, in a perfect parody of corporate newspeak. Hart's musical ear for creating nonsense versions of the aerobicized cynicism of biz language becomes one of the book's biggest pleasures. When Worner later runs into a disguised Hutch...
Going forward, Jenness will need to retain key players like COO David Mackay who were passed over for the top job. And then there is the challenge of anticipating Americans' fickle eating habits. Jenness was in the boardroom for Kellogg's reaction to the low-carb craze--cereals with a third less sugar and products like low-carb Eggos--but that trend is increasingly in the rearview mirror. What's next? General Mills is betting that broader health consciousness is here to stay and is in the process of converting its brands to whole grains. Kellogg will instead churn...
...that Harrigan and CalPERS didn't open the door to criticism. During most of the post-Enron era, CalPERS was above reproach, suing to hold WorldCom executives accountable for investor losses and helping lead popular, triumphant crusades for boardroom and executive-suite overhauls at the New York Stock Exchange and Disney. But earlier this year, CalPERS moved from the spotlight to the hot seat when it withheld support from Coca-Cola director and shareholder hero Warren Buffett because Coke's independent-auditor policy was allegedly too lax. At the time, John Castellani, head of the prestigious Business Roundtable, said...
...ubiquitous Combs vows to shed some of the spotlight. "I was really tired this year," he says. "It's important for me to slow down and to focus on the details so that nothing falls through the cracks." Combs doesn't need to spend more time in the boardroom. He has already shown millions of fans that you can make it to the mainstream without leaving your roots behind. --By Sean Gregory/New York
...shortcut purchase of the TV brand Zenith?though it has recently been much more successful in penetrating global markets by pushing its own brand. Chinese acquirers will face similar challenges. TCL has yet to explain how it will turn around money-losing Thomson, which sells old TV models, and boardroom squabbles with its new French executives threaten to upset the venture. "We don't have much fun in Paris anymore," says an aide to Li Dongsheng, TCL's chairman. Shanghai Automotive, for its part, hopes that its Rover purchase will compensate for its troubles at home, where Shanghai Automotive...