http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/02/ceo-success.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/02/ceo-success.html/comment-page-1#comment-68 Ash Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:07:34 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8182#comment-68 You bring up a good point... CEOs nowadays are making decisions with short term Wall Street gains (read more bonuses) in mind. I think they are aware that those moves might not be good for the company (and the employees) in the long term but do not care. Because they know that most of them will not be there for too long anyways! More and more it seems that satisfying the shareholders conflicts with employee satisfaction - that is what separates the great companies from mediocre ones. You bring up a good point… CEOs nowadays are making decisions with short term Wall Street gains (read more bonuses) in mind. I think they are aware that those moves might not be good for the company (and the employees) in the long term but do not care. Because they know that most of them will not be there for too long anyways! More and more it seems that satisfying the shareholders conflicts with employee satisfaction – that is what separates the great companies from mediocre ones.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/02/ceo-success.html/comment-page-1#comment-67 Christopher Baus Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:45:34 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8182#comment-67 I agree. The compaq deal killed HP. They were trying to compete on commodities instead of creating insanely great products. About the only thing left that worth using from HP is their printers and network gear. If I want a commodity server, I'll go to Dell. If I want support, I'll go to IBM. I agree. The compaq deal killed HP. They were trying to compete on commodities instead of creating insanely great products. About the only thing left that worth using from HP is their printers and network gear. If I want a commodity server, I’ll go to Dell. If I want support, I’ll go to IBM.

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