Strategy & Business Article: Saving a Crisis-Ridden Company

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Saving a Crisis-Ridden Company After massive fraud was discovered there, Satyam Computer Services survived by helping its employees focus on their emotional trauma. by Priscilla Nelson and Ed Cohen A senior executive of a scandal-rocked multinational computer services...

Tatas should have identified a successor 15 years ago

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Organizations rarely develop leadership pipelines or plan successors in advance. This is compelling them to import leaders from other countries, says Ed Cohen, executive VP, Nelson Cohen Global Consulting, who is in India to attend the HR Leadership Congress India. In...

What Business Needs

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When John Reed, longtime chairman of Citicorp, accepted the Academy of Management’s Distinguished Executive of the Year award in 1999, he ended his acceptance speech by challenging his audience of elite academics. When John Reed, longtime chairman of Citicorp,...

Weather This Storm, Prepare For The Next

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We are faced with what is being described as an economic downturn, although some see it more as a free fall with no idea how close to the ground the parachute will open. Download Article

Celebrity leaders are passe

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In our “surplus society” corporations depended on celebrity leaders who acted as brand ambassadors. These corporations leveraged the dynamic persona of one or a few individuals who provided the „face‟ of the company. Their presence, strengths, whims,...