Word: boardrooms
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Today marriages of business and talent tend to be arranged and can be brokered in a boardroom and followed by a blind date. Sidney Toledano first scouted out Galliano in a rundown studio in a rough part of Paris. Toledano was so impressed, he requested an invitation to sit in the back row, unobserved, at Galliano's next show. It was arranged that Toledano would first meet Dior menswear designer Hedi Slimane in a caf� (they talked for four hours...
...there needs to be a balance between the showroom and the boardroom. Designers may know how to make a gorgeous frock, but "sometimes they do more for the image than the profitability of the company," says Lobmeyr. "If the two parties respect each other?when the financial people do not try to influence the creative process and the creative people understand there are basics that must be followed in order to run a company profitably?it's actually a winning formula...
...evidence, and the style of his presentation doesn't give us any concrete reason to believe him. One suspects that the apparent authenticity of his video will be studied by real PR professionals, who will apply the same seemingly do-it-yourself techniques on clips generated from the boardroom rather than - as it seems with De Kort - from the kitchen...
Krzyzewski's ease in the boardroom wins him praise, but critics claim that it was his silence in the wake of Duke's lacrosse scandal this past March that spoke volumes. Three lacrosse players have been charged with raping a woman at a raunchy team party, costing the team its season and hurting Duke's image. Where was Coach K, who serves as special assistant to the university's president and is the most visible man in Durham, N.C.? Krzyzewski says he worked behind the scenes to help the school handle the crisis. But publicly, he stayed...
...Excessive? Probably. And while Krzyzewski's boardroom ease wins him business praise, it makes many fellow college coaches, and the loud legion of Duke basketball haters (check out the "Anti-Duke Manifesto" on the Web. Bring a sandwich; it's nearly 6,500 words long), quite uncomfortable. During the 2005 NCAA tournament and into this year, American Express featured Krzyzewski in an ad campaign: "I look at myself as a leader who just happens to coach basketball," he says, standing in Duke's revered Cameron Indoor Stadium. Critics complained that the extra exposure is a recruiting advantage. "It's inconsequential...