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A CEO's personality offers insights into how that CEO leads his/her company. For example, NLP techniques applied to earnings call transcripts uncover CEO personality attributes that speak to a propensity for undertaking unnecessary risk. For example, Tesla CEO Elon Musk scores low in a couple of key areas (analysis HERE), such that his "outside the … Continue reading Cult of CEO Personality
Consider the different variables that were not CEO focus points a decade ago: Diversity policies, ESG policies and the associated costs of compliance, political activism, and activist investors. Low interest rate policy has created a double-edged sword that CEOs have used to issue mountains of low interest rate debt. The Fed's ultra low interest rate … Continue reading The CEO Job Is More Difficult Than Ever
We expect CEOs and CFOs to retire at a record pace over the next 12 months due to burnout associated with COVID-19. Last year senior executives scrambled to set-up Work-from-Home environments. This year it will be another headache, namely defining back-to-the-office policies and executing them. At many companies it is the CFO who is the … Continue reading We Expect CEOs and CFOs To Retire at A Record Pace
One of the great distortions caused by the joint fiscal and monetary policy of 2020 and 2021 is that equities and the lowest-rated non-investment grade credits are two of the all too rare places where investors may earn a return. Savers and Fixed Income investors be damned. Many companies are enjoying their stocks trading at … Continue reading Investors Should Ask More of Their Management Teams
Time is wasting away. If you are a big fan of a target company's management team, pay them the extra EBITDA multiple turn if that is what is required to execute your deal. I did not say "gift" them the incremental purchase consideration. Make the management earn it. Create a Management Incentive Plan ("MIP"), for … Continue reading Don’t Allow Pride To Scuttle Your M&A Transaction
A one-size fits all approach to WFH policies will not work. CEOs and Executive Management teams must shape WFH policy based on corporate culture. Some companies such as Automattic (WordPress owner) have operated in a 100% remote work environment since their founding (Automattic founded in 2005). Other companies perform better when employees share a physical … Continue reading Work From Home Policy Is A Question of Company Culture
Below are the most viewed CEOs on our CEORater platform from June 1st 2020 through June 1st 2021. The first table is a downloadable image file with the top 20 CEOs ranked by number of pageviews on CEORater.com. The second table is an interactive version - it provides direct links to the CEORater Profile for … Continue reading Most Viewed CEOs on CEORater
I've yet to be convinced of the value proposition of incorporating ESG into the investment decision-making process. What are the definitions of the "Environmental" and "Social" elements of ESG and how are each directly correlated to alpha generation? You are preaching to the choir as it relates to "Corporate Governance" - the "G" in ESG. … Continue reading “G” Is Where The Value Is In ESG
The best management teams know to plan for the worst and hope for the best. COVID was a reminder to many business leaders that anything can come out of left field and blind side a business. Despite the COVID lesson we believe that many CEOs and CFOs take certain financial conditions for granted as if … Continue reading Plan for the Worst. Hope for the Best.
Sophisticated Quant models run billion-dollar portfolios. Autonomous vehicles are on the road. AIs write music. AIs read maps and satellite images for the military. So when may an AI realistically lead a company as CEO? If one considers a large company such as Microsoft (tkr: MSFT), CEO Satya Nadella does not spend his days writing … Continue reading The AI CEO vs. The Cyborg CEO
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