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The Conference Board ReviewTM Magazine

November / December 2008

Features

Your Next CEO
Traditional executive-search methods may find you the right chief for this year — but not necessarily next year. There's a better way to plan ahead.
By Matthew J. Paese

New Directions
The more you focus on meeting your initial goals, the less likely you may be to reach them — if they're still worth reaching at all. As business environments change, shouldn't your objectives?
By Gary Klein and Jay Rothman

Gain the World,
Lose Your Soul?

As corporations expand far beyond their home-country borders, what happens to their corporate culture?
By Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove

Afghanistan!
Looking to expand your business? Have we got the place for you: Afghanistan, land of economic opportunity, awaits — that is, if you can manage your way through corruption, gunfire, bribery, extortion, warlords, bureaucracy, death threats, lack of electricity . . .
By Skip Kaltenheuser

The Attention Deficit
This space would normally have a peppy article description, but we were too distracted to come up with anything. Hold on -- gotta answer an e-mail that just popped up.
By James Krohe Jr.

Think Horizontal
Do teams make better decisions than individuals? Bring together a group of executives to find out. That's what we did.
By Larry Allgaier and Grant Reid

Soundings

Pharm Animals
By Vadim Liberman

Questioning Authority
By Geoff Colvin

Questioning Authority
Martin Lindstrom

And more from
Joseph L. Bower, John Hollon, Michael A. Heller, Frank Roche, Seth Godin, Lew Mc­Creary, Scott Adams, Bradley W. Hall, and John Quelch.

Departments

Adventures in Cyberspace
What good are a system's parts if they can't fit together as a whole?
By E.J. Heresniak

From Theory to Practice
May you have the good luck to realize its importance to success.
By Michael E. Raynor

Rules of Engagement
The key to job satisfaction and happiness is to realize that they have little to do with your job.
By E.L. Kersten

In Review

"What's the Best Business Book You've Read This Year?"
By Matthew Budman

Sightings
Feeding the Golden Calf
By Daniel K. Eisenbud

Openers
By Matthew Budman


Editor-in-Chief Matthew Budman, Creative Director Serena L. Spiezio, Senior Editor Vadim Liberman, Contributing Editors Larry Farrell, Gail Fosler, E.J. Heresniak, E.L. Kersten, James Krohe Jr., Michael E. Raynor, Michael Schrage, Richard Whalen, Publisher Chuck Mitchell, Advertising Production Manager Chun Tao, Circulation Director Denese Brooks-Clarke

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