Management

Let the Healing Begin
This year has not been a good one for corporate America's image. Companies such as Enron, WorldCom, and AOL, once the darlings of Wall Street, saw their names tarnished in the headlines amid allegations...
By Mark McMaster
Patently Controversial
The Convention Industry Council (CIC) prepared a memorandum in mid-August to analyze Software Management Inc.'s (SMI) recent demands for royalty payments from several associations in connection with a...
Planning Pope-a-palooza
"I'm gonna pray for that poor guy." When Father Thomas Rosica uttered those words four years ago about the organizer of World Youth Day, he never dreamed he could mean himself -- until a group of...
By sara j. welch
Some people can lead, some can delegate. Few can do both.
Bill Gates. Sure, he's a visionary, but he's also a man who hires people who revel in the numbing intricacies of binary code and then stays out of their way -- and rewards their achievements. The idea...
Stupid Boss Tricks
David Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" could never top those of some bosses in the workplace. Smart bosses learn that life is easier and results better when they respect and take care of their employees....
By Mike Wynneavid Letterman's "Stupid
Trust Me
Antitrust laws are a complex group of laws that are intended to protect the principles of a free market, competition, and supply and demand. Many meeting planners don't have to be concerned about...
By Tyra Hilliard
Waking on Water
On a warm May day two years ago, a group of Florida business leaders walked into a Baltimore hotel conference room and, before an audience of National Football League officials, unfurled an immense,...
Everyone is an Ambassador
Last year, in the wake of the attacks on September 11, Charlotte Beers, the former Madison Avenue top gun, was appointed Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (PDPA). The...
By Vincent Alonzo
Foreign Affairs
International travel programs took a beating in 2001. But that was then; this is now. Ask incentive executives whether groups are going abroad and chances are that most will sound off with a resounding...
By Jeanie Casison Jeanie Casison
Keypads Enable Historic Dialogue
It took 5,000 wireless keypads linked with 500 networked laptops to make the July 20 "Listening to the City" town hall meeting truly democratic. "Everyone involved was pushing the limits of technology,"...
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