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Backstabbing. Betrayals. Firings. You need look no further than the top ranks of the Walt Disney Co. in recent years to know that likeability isn't necessarily a required characteristic for the corner-office job. But could CEO Michael Eisner, for example, have been more effective as a manager at Disney if he had been friendlier? Tim Sanders, a Yahoo! executive and author of the new self-help manual The Likeability Factor (Crown; 220 pages), thinks so. "Good things happen to you in business when you're emotionally attractive," insists Sanders...
...WorldCom-like debacle could occur despite the safeguards enacted in its wake. No doubt, corporate boards are flexing more muscle in an effort to improve accountability of all sorts. Former Boeing chief Harry Stonecipher recently lost his job for having an affair with a company employee. Disney's Michael Eisner and Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina lost their posts for poor performance, and AIG directors just forced out the firm's longtime chief, Maurice (Hank) Greenberg (see "Another Titan Takes a Tumble," above), as the company's legal woes mounted. WorldCom's collapse hit directors where it counted: their wallets...
...APPOINTED. ROBERT IGER, 54, president of Walt Disney Co.; as CEO, to replace his longtime boss Michael Eisner, who will step down in September under fire from shareholders over his autocratic management style and Disney's lackluster growth; in Los Angeles. Though a recent book claimed that Eisner did not have confidence in his No. 2's ability to fill his shoes, Iger was tapped by the board of directors when Eisner decided to step down one year earlier than expected...
APPOINTED. ROBERT IGER, 54, longtime ABC executive and president of Walt Disney Co.; as CEO, to replace his boss, Michael Eisner, who will step down in September, a year earlier than expected, after coming under fire for his autocratic management style and Disney's recent lackluster growth; by the board of directors; in Burbank, Calif...
...genres are vibrant enough to make the project worthwhile. Perhaps predictably, these stories are from the best-known creators—including Brian K. Vaughan (Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man), bestselling novelist Glen David Gould (Carter Beats the Devil) and legendary graphic novel creator Will Eisner (A Contract With God), whose last story before his recent death recounts a meeting between The Escapist and Eisner’s own The Spirit...