In the Face of Uncertainty

by Finney, Martha I.

• ISBN13: 9780814471616
• ISBN10: 0814471617
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-17
• Publisher: Amacom Books

Summary

Offers the wisdom and experience of top businesspeople to help business grow stronger than ever, through firsthand interviews by the author. National publicity. National Morning Drive-Time Radio campaign.

Author Biography

Martha I. Finney (Los Gatos, California) is the coauthor of Bodacious: An AOL Insider Cracks the Code to Outrageous Success for Women (AMACOM: 0-8144-7131-5). She has appeared on CNN, NPR, and in major newspapers and magazines.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ed Reilly, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Management Association	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Under Secretary, International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce	1	(11)
Grant Aldonas
President, Center for Creative Leadership	12	(7)
John Alexander
President, American Association of Airport Executives	19	(9)
Charles Barclay
CEO and President, SRI International	28	(9)
Curtis R. Carlson
General (retired), U.S. Air Force	37	(12)
Michael P. C. Carns
CEO and President, the Ad Council	49	(10)
Peggy Conlon
Chairman and President, Leo A Daly	59	(10)
Leo A. Daly, III
President, R.R. Donnelley Print Solutions	69	(10)
Ronald E. Daly
President, United Way of New York City	79	(6)
Ralph Dickerson
President, PB Aviation	85	(8)
Gerald Fitzgerald
President and CEO, Newell Rubbermaid	93	(8)
Joe Galli
President, Lee Hecht Harrison	101	(7)
Stephen G. Harrison
President, Monterey Institute for International Studies	108	(7)
Chester D. Haskell
Founder, E-Stamp	115	(10)
Sunir Kapoor
CEO Worldwide and President, Burson-Marsteller	125	(8)
Christopher Komisarjevsky
Chief Financial Officer, General Mills	133	(7)
James Lawrence
Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center	140	(8)
Howard Learner
Chairman, CEO, and President, Exult	148	(9)
James C. Madden, V
Chairman and CEO, Carlson Companies, Inc.	157	(9)
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Walt Disney Studios	166	(8)
Marjorie Randolph
Chairman and CEO, WellPoint Health Networks	174	(10)
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Associate Deputy Director of Operations (retired), Central Intelligence Agency	184	(11)
Theodore G. Shackley
CEO, President, and Founder, Jobs for America's Graduates	195	(10)
Ken Smith
CEO and President, Manchester Bidwell Corporation	205	(10)
William E. Strickland, Jr.
Financial Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management	215	(7)
Tai-Chin Tung
Epilog: William Bridges	222	(8)
Principal, William Bridges
Index	230