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...seeing some vindication in the strategy. He demonstrated that in 2006 when he steered Publicis CEO Maurice Lévy to spend $1.3 billion to buy online advertising and marketing specialist Digitas before that market got scalding hot. "We made a full screening of what was happening in the interactive-marketing media field, how it was going to impact [Publicis'] business and why they needed to make an early major move into that field," says Messier. Since then, he points out, every large player has followed the trend: Google with DoubleClick, Yahoo! with Right Media, WPP with 24/7 Real Media...
...leadership of Vivendi--a forced resignation as the company teetered, paralyzed by nearly $35 billion in debt--one might suspect he'd be radioactive. If so, the toxic glow didn't last long. "Soon after I created Messier Partners," he says, "I was working with a big U.S. CEO, and I asked him why he'd chosen to work with me when he has all the major American investment banks at his feet.He said, 'Jean-Marie, how could I trust the advice of someone who has only ever had success?' To be able to give advice, you need to know...
...expect a corner-office comeback. He says his distance from the C-suite is just as important as having occupied it. "A CEO knows his industry, so he is sick of seeing investment-banking teams come in and tell him he needs to buy a competitor he knows better than any of them," says Messier--a dapper suit and ready smile being his only holdovers from Vivendi days. "I've been on both sides: the advisory and the entrepreneurial side. I know what you feel and what you ask yourself before you make a major strategic move. And I know...
Well, Larry, actually they don't. Alastair Dorward, CEO of Method Products, a San Francisco-based firm whose line of 150-plus household products grossed "well over $100 million" in 2007, says the presence of Clorox will prompt people "to start to question whether the products they currently use are good for families and the environment." He likes his odds...
...changing jobs, keep that in mind. At public companies, meanwhile, you can still command options or restricted shares if you are a top performer. "But most people should focus on their benefits, like a cash bonus, a raise and the 401(k) match," says David Broman, CEO of pay consultant Syzygy. "Companies are in the driver's seat...