Management
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How Mary Jo White can win over her skeptics
Dear Ms. White: Your biggest detractors could become your biggest fans. Here's an eight-point plan you should follow.
Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance - Apr 1, 2013 5:00 AM ET -
Why a financial transactions tax is a no-brainer
It's not a question of whether we should have such a tax. It's a question of how big it needs to be to ensure that it's effective.
Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance - Mar 22, 2013 9:26 AM ET -
Women leaders in business: Why is the U.S. a laggard?
The world has since changed, but cultural norms stick around long after they're relevant. In many ways, America has a business culture that stems from the Gilded Age.
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - Mar 22, 2013 5:00 AM ETPosted in: China, Corporate leadership, Female leaders, Gender diversity, promotion, United States, Women at work -
J.P. Morgan: It's time for some real change
A Senate report on the London Whale trading losses shows that J.P. Morgan needs to make major shifts at the top to move past this mess.
Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance - Mar 15, 2013 2:31 PM ET -
How to fix rampant CEO mistrust
Boards think about critical issues in a more focused way when they publicly disclose them.
FORTUNE -- How does anyone know who to trust anymore? Eighty-seven percent of fish labeled snapper really isn't, according to a recent Oceana study. Same for 59% of tuna. When buying deodorant or sunscreen, you have to go to a source like the Environmental Working Group (EWG) cosmetics database to find out the product's toxicity. No MORE
Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance - Mar 14, 2013 11:50 AM ET -
Why the CEO-chair split matters
Shareholder activists say that CEOs wearing both the hats of CEO and chairman are far too numerous across the corporate landscape.
Mar 12, 2013 1:00 PM ET -
Why CEOs should read Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In reminds us that there is a very strong business case for inclusion and diversity.
By Mohamed El-Erian
FORTUNE -- I have never met Sheryl Sandberg in person. She did not send me a copy of the manuscript for her new book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. And she did not ask me to write a column on it.
Also, I have not followed closely her MORE
Mar 11, 2013 5:00 AM ET -
Why layoffs are for lazy corporate overseers
Layoffs are often a sign of failure by top executives to properly manage a business and forecast needs -- and a failure of a board to ensure that the right management is in place.
Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance - Mar 5, 2013 12:47 PM ET -
5 ways to be a really bad boss
Ever work for someone you swore you'd never be like? Here's what one tech CEO learned from his worst bosses.
Anne Fisher, contributor - Feb 21, 2013 10:35 AM ET -
The new United States of Booze
Nearly a century after prohibition, the alcohol industry is turning a new corner on U.S. soil, and it is responding to American calls for variety, choice, and transparency.
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - Feb 19, 2013 12:50 PM ET
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CEO Roger Crandall thinks that means-testing and older retirement ages are inevitable, but that its unlikely entitlements for the less affluent will be touched. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall thinks rates will remain low, but says MassMutual has diversified its portfolio to protect against any changes. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall says emerging economies like China are prime growth targets. Play -
Roger Crandall says that baby boomers will have to keep working into retirement and that young people have been scared off by the stock market. Play
