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Bannus Hudson
Bannus Hudson shared his unique philosophies on leadership and management gained through his experiences with growing LensCrafters and then revitalizing Beverages & More. Bannus grew LensCrafters from 20 stores to 800 and was responsible for changing the structure of the vision industry.
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Steve Newberry
Steve Newberry shared his thoughts on value based leadership with us and explained how he has applied these values at Lam Research.
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Betting on His Core Competency
By Robert Sher “Computer!” bellowed Scotty in the Star Trek movie in which the Enterprise crew time traveled into the past to save whales from extinction. The space (and, occasionally, time) travelers needed to save the sea mammals because their computers used “whale” language for communication in the future. The…
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The CEO’s Secret Weapon
Alliance CEO and Founder, Paul Witkay, authored an article for the magazine's “CEO Diary” stating that “collaboration with your peers can be a very valuable resource, one that often is not tapped.”
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Widespread Contempt From CEOs Over Enron
Paul Witkay, Alliance Founder & CEO, authored an editorial for the Sacramento Business Journal expressing “widespread contempt” from CEOs over Enron management.
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The Need for Speed
By Robert Sher The need for speed isn’t always obvious, but it sure was this time. Golden Gate Lumber’s phone call in search of surveillance cameras at all five of its locations left no doubt in the minds of the team at Capture Technologies, a reseller and installer of such…
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Eric Benhamou
Eric Benhamou, an icon in the Silicon Valley, has served as CEO of Palm from 2001 to 2003 and CEO of 3Com from 1990 to 2000. He shared his “Ten Lessons Learned as CEO” with us.
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Decision Making Illnesses
By Robert Sher After Hyperion and Arbor Software merged, the group had “lots of pent-up decisions,” says Jeff Rodek, who was the new CEO and Chairman. Everybody was frozen, waiting for other decisions to be made, so they would know what to do. While making good decisions is always wise,…
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Shelby Bonnie
Shelby Bonnie discussed how he co-founded CNET Networks in 1993, grew it into a premier interactive media company and survived the dot.com bust. We enjoyed an incredibly insightful discussion with Shelby about his views on how the convergence of technology and other global trends are changing the world.
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Enron: The CEO Leadership Exception
Paul Witkay, Alliance Founder & CEO, authored an editorial for the East Bay Business Times stating that the leaders of Enron Corporation are not representative of CEOs.
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Every Business Needs a Common Enemy
By Robert Sher It’s really out of fashion to think about business as war. We’re civilized now, and we want a win-win everywhere. Yes, yes, tea anyone? NOT! Maybe someday we’ll be that civilized. But human evolution is quite slow, and even if you are convinced that we are evolving…
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Growing through Referrals
By Robert Sher It is a favorite dream of entrepreneurs. They write in their business plans, “We plan to deliver better quality and service than all our competitors, will charge them the same or less, and will make higher than average profits.” Right. Perhaps in some other dimension. But I’ve…
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Strategies Shared by Alliance of CEOs
Paul Witkay, Alliance Founder & CEO, was profiled by George Avalos of the Contra Costa Times. Paul offers his views of the economy and the challenges of running companies in the Bay Area.
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Jeff Rodek
Jeff Rodek highlighted a number of critical times in his career and how he handled them. He touched on merger matters, methods of dealing with hard times, communication with his employees, and dealing with high turnover during the go-go IT bubble times in the late 1990s.
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Groups Bring Business Owners Together for Ideas, Advice
Chronicle staff writer, Ilana DeBare, provides perspective on organizations that offer peer support groups for business owners and CEOs, including the Alliance of Chief Executives.
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Intelligent Off-Shoring
By Robert Sher What a GREAT idea! Rather than having an office close to home where management is already in place, why not open that office 12,000 miles away, and staff it with people for whom English is a second language, and who are from a very different culture? They…
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The Story Matters
By Robert Sher Most CEOs have a love-hate relationship with the notion of borrowing from the bank. Sometimes bankers are eager to loan and friendly. At other times, they are demanding, even aggressive in collecting money. The truth is that they are businesses themselves, looking for ways to make profits…
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Selling on Benefits
By Robert Sher Power, potential, flexibility and multiple uses are great features if you’re a salesperson. Your machine or service or tool could help so many people in so many ways. If you’re the inventor, your pride is boundless, and you want to tell everyone about every scintillating aspect. So…
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T. J. Rodgers
T. J. Rodgers spoke about new technology and the development of environmentally friendly energy sources.
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Cal Lai
Cal Lai is a serial entrepreneur and visionary in the use of technology to reimagine and build highly valued and engaging, compelling consumer experiences. Cal, a Stanford University alumnus, has spent more than 30 years starting and growing companies that utilize web, mobile, and voice technologies to create disruptive new…
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Paul Witkay with Gary Allen
Alliance Founder & CEO, Paul Witkay, spoke with Gary Allen on KNBR 680AM about the issues facing CEOs, as well as the history and mission of the Alliance of Chief Executives. Click here to Listen
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Don’t Take Money from Strangers
By Robert Sher I guess it’s not surprising when you graduate from Harvard that many of your classmates become private equity investors. But my mind shifted from offense to defense when JR Matthews, CEO of Tregaron Capital said that some of his Harvard classmates were so aggressive that he wouldn’t…
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Forged by Fire
By Robert Sher After a debilitating merger and the dot-com bubble burst, the outlook for Mattson looked dire. The founder of the 250 million dollar semiconductor equipment manufacturer stepped down, and the board reached into the ranks and found Dave Dutton, then COO and made him President and CEO. The…
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Forming Productive Friendships in Asia
By Robert Sher Mother always said to choose my friends wisely. But I never realized that she was giving me advice for doing business in Asia. As you’ll discover below, Asians prefer to have the comfort of a personal friendship before they do business. Dave Seldon, CEO of Interpacific Management…
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Paul Witkay with Ronn Owens
Alliance CEO and Founder, Paul Witkay talked with Ronn Owens on KGO NewsTalk 810 about leadership.
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Avoiding Costly Surprises When Going Global
By Robert Sher Today, companies no longer just compete with firms across town, but successful firms must compete with new companies – both large and small – from around the world. Venture capitalists now demand that start-ups incorporate overseas labor to leverage their investments. For many companies, going overseas can…
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Ned Barnholt
Ned Barnholt was responsible for guiding Agilent through its spin-off from Hewlett-Packard Company in 1999, and helped to shape a corporate culture widely recognized as best in class on a global basis.
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Sharing the Dream of Success Brings Top Talent for Less
Trying to sell his coffee at the swap meet was the only thing he could think of to make the past due rent payment in those trying early days. It worked well, and now Ola’s Exotic Coffee and Tea is on its way to 12 million in sales this year.…
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Don Maruska
Don Maruska, author of “How Great Decisions Get Made,” discussed his ten-step process for one of the most important CEO tasks - making great decisions. Don's experience comes from founding and running three Silicon Valley companies: Health Advantage Ventures, Sun Medical Technologies and Spectra Biomedical.
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