Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

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  mbmattis@...05/06/08 Report as spam
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  Yahoo should be on the list

  Candor is indeed an issue among top execs. More often than not these days they are over-controlled by their handlers. Check out Yahoo's Sue Decker in the San Francisco Chronicle today:
  
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/06/BU0J10HCKH.DTL&hw=sue+decker&sn=001&sc=1000
  
  Has ever a president said more while saying less?
  
  TJ Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor: now there's candor.

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  DerekRM05/06/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

  One or two examples of 'worst' would have made interesting reading.

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  renny@...05/07/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

  Is this news or just a recycled press release from a vested interest investor relations firm, Rittenhouse Research. I may be mistaken but this 'factoid' has almost no statistical science or proper method underlying it. There's no benchmark, it's a tiny sample of a few firm amongst the 10,000 plus co's out there - and thus not representative, and the author's credentials are unclear as a bona fide authority on the subject.
  
  Why does BNET put such stuff on the wires. Do real business news or nothing at all. This is USA Today without even an Editor's eye applied to basic fact and authority checking! Lazy work!

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  selfishy_me@...05/07/08 Report as spam
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  Is it really an unfounded article?

  I really hope you're not a CEO because if you are, you really need some serious re-strategizing. We got a pep-talk from our CEO today and I pretty much filtered it out and concentrated primarily on my muffin and fruit. Actually, it was half a muffin and I think it was banana nut with raisins. Funny, I pay more attention to my muffin than I do to the company CEO or to any of the execs when they begin their fancy speeches! Maybe the author isn't too far off from the truth...

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  billddrummer05/07/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

  When NewsCorp said they would give the WSJ editorial integrity, I stopped listening.

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  mheminway05/07/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

  I wonder if the surveys go back far enough to track trends through the econominc cycles? Is there a tie-in to the economic outlook and 'truthiness' of a CEOs report? Are they more foggy during questionable periods than good times, and do the people/companies who are clear in bad times do better?

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  kopenecp@...05/07/08 Report as spam
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  The trend is not confined to just CEOs

  Candor has been lacking in some sections of America's public arena for awhile. When such messages (i.e., confusing, misleading) are used, the intent is to obfuscate, not reveal facts; to deceive, not to enlighten. Evidently, the public at general, and investors in particular, are not trusted to be prudent and use good judgment when making decisions.

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  rickmaur@...05/08/08 Report as spam
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  Candor on Decline -- and the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow

  I?m not sure how they can tell candor is on the decline. It seemed pretty low already. It is unusual to hear comments from anyone in any level of leadership ? corporate, nonprofit, and political --- that isn?t filled with spin.
  
  A major reason why people resist change is that they don?t trust the people leading it. And when you ask people why they don?t trust their leaders, they reply, ?Because you can?t believe what they say.?
  
  Rick Maurer
  www.beyondresistance.com
  www.changemanagementnews.com (blog)

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  jeffrey.s.davis05/08/08 Report as spam
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  in search of the straight dope

  On one level, sure, it's no shocker that CEO communication is full of spin. On the other, companies all compete in an era of unprecedented transparency (just look at what has happened to executive compensation the last few years), and smart executives realize that and communicate accordingly. I can't vouch much for the depth of this particular survey, as it seemed to be confined to written communication with shareholders, but it's certainly a reminder that we still have a long ways to go.

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  simpsond@...05/14/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

  Let's get back to J Edwards Deming.
  
  "Constancy of Purpose."
  
  Example: Wells Fargo; Been around a while....
  
  I think I'll just get on my Harley 'n ride!

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  yuhongbao_386@...03/26/09 Report as spam
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  RE: Survey: CEO Candor On the (Steep) Decline

  Yep, the current PR approach of controlling the message
  is just fundamentally flawed. PR 2.0 fixes this and many
  more problems with current PR.