Margaret Heffernan
Margaret Heffernan has been CEO of five businesses in the United States and United Kingdom. A speaker and writer, her most recent book Willful Blindness was shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book 2011. Visit her on www.MHeffernan.com.
Most recent stories
- Why GlencoreXstrata's Tony Hayward appointment is a risk
The appointment of the poster child for the Deepwater Horizon disaster is an inflammatory and dangerous move
Read More » - How do leaders respond to email?
A manager's reputation can stand or fall on the smallest details, including how the person deals with email
Read More » - Does it matter where you went to school?
There are so many graduates from great schools that something else has to count
Read More » - Does Jamie Dimon know it all?
CEOs rarely acknowledge that they need help, a self-assurance that can endanger their businesses and should raise a red flag
Read More » - How naked leadership builds trust
When a company is in crisis, managers have no choice but to be open and straightforward
Read More » - Apple's new product: Money
There's nothing new about Apple's bond issue -- it all boils down to tax avoidance
Read More » - Great leaders aren't smug
The executives who overrate their abilities are the ones who do least well; it's the anxious and unconfident who succeed
Read More » - Can futurists see into the future?
Put away that crystal ball -- whatever our visions of the future, they're likely to be wrong
Read More » - Is this KPMG's Arthur Andersen moment?
With KPMG under scrutiny for insider trading and signing off on a failing bank, the quiet world of audit is having a rough ride
Read More » - Is austerity going out of fashion?
Now it isn't just academics who are questioning their basic tenets; the bond market is starting to wonder if austerity works
Read More » - How widespread is corporate fraud?
Short seller Jim Chanos thinks it is more common than you might think
Read More » - How to cut meeting times by 90 percent
Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani is militant about reducing the length of meetings -- here's how he does it
Read More » - Are men more likely to tell lies for money?
Behavioral economists think they know which gender is more willing to lie if it leads to financial gains
Read More » - Do business schools have a future?
They're revising their accreditation standards, but still need to answer some hard questions
Read More » - Note to Ron: J.C. Penney isn't Apple
Former J.C.Penney CEO Ron Johnson's short tenure offers some basic lessons, some of which he should have learned during his time at Apple
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