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Boeing (BA) senior management and Board requires an overhaul. We first wrote that Boeing ought to replace its CEO and Board back in September 2020 and as recently as February 2021, well before Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary voiced his opinion. Boeing is a Technology company that would do well to look to the Technology sector … Continue reading Boeing Requires An Overhaul
We have been consistently critical of Boeing's (tkr: BA), Board of Directors and CEO David Calhoun (links to those articles below). Should Boeing's Board decide to replace Mr. Calhoun (it ought to replace itself first), we recommend that the Board look to the IT Services industry for a replacement CEO. The airplane design and manufacture … Continue reading Boeing Should Look To The IT Services Industry For A New CEO
It is disappointing that Boeing was not forced to purge CEO David Calhoun and its Board as part of yesterday's $2.5 billion DOJ settlement. We most recently wrote about the fact that Boeing needed to purge is CEO and Board in September 2020. Boeing's Board deserves an "F" for its handling of the 737 Max … Continue reading Where Is The Accountability At Boeing?
Boeing has a corporate governance problem. CEO Dave Calhoun has been a Boeing director since 2009 and CEO since January 2020. It strikes us as curious that Calhoun had no knowledge of the operational problems around the 737 Max aircraft that led to the two crashes that killed 346 people in October 2018 and March … Continue reading Boeing Needs to Wipe the Slate Clean of Its CEO and Board
Here is the full Excel workbook disclosure compiled by the Federal Reserve which lists the various issuers, sectors, cusips, coupons, maturity dates, par values, amortized costs and more for the fixed income securities the Federal Reserve has purchased. Among the securities purchased through June 16th, 48.1% were "AAA, AA and A" rated, 48.3% were "BBB" … Continue reading Federal Reserve Discloses Corporate Bond Purchases
Total airline traveler throughput is down 95% year-over-year on average over the past 30 days. CLICK HERE for our Excel file with daily airline traveler throughput data. https://youtu.be/yxUY5c2dUK8 https://youtu.be/CHOlp5id5ZE https://youtu.be/HWFIs15S3kI https://soundcloud.com/ceorater
During a crisis (bookings down by as much as 80% for some Enterprise Technology companies), leaders act with imperfect information. A reactionary approach is never the optimal approach. We offer a 6-step plan. Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher. The "Pareto principle" - better known as the 80/20 rule … Continue reading A Common Sense Approach to Crisis Management. Leveraging A 6-Step Plan.
CEOs risk losing credibility with employees, shareholders, customers and damaging their companies when they refuse to hold themselves accountable. What do Mark Parker of Nike, Kevin Plank of Under Armour and Dennis Muilenburg of Boeing have in common? Yes, each holds the CEO title (although Parker and Plank will step down at year-end). However, we … Continue reading A Corporate Culture Failure: CEO’s Who Do Not Hold Themselves Accountable
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