Ethics-Governance: Article: Former Telecom CEO Leo Hindery on CEO Responsibilities, Pay, and Ethics

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Former Telecom CEO Leo Hindery on CEO Responsibilities, Pay, and Ethics Former Telecom CEO Leo Hindery on CEO Responsibilities, Pay, and Ethics By Mark Fortier. You have been the president or CEO of five major media and cable corporations. Can you outline some of the key business challenges you have faced in these roles? Leo Hindery: Some of the companies I have run were true start-ups; some were in major need of "repair", and some required drastic strategic overhaul, which are very different skill sets. The obvious common threads are to find great managers to lead the efforts and to motivate the employees to embrace the tasks and agenda. I feel that I am particularly skilled at these latter roles, while having a strong strategic sense for the company at hand. Your book It Takes a CEO : It's Time to Lead with Integrity is described as a "timely wake-up call for today's business leaders to take stock of their special abilities and responsibilities for making the world a better place." What inspired you to write it? Leo Hindery: In 1981 the Business Roundtable noted that CEOs have multiple constituencies, but in 2004 - after Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, the NYSE, etc. Full Article: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/dtb/leo-hindery.shtml


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