The ERA of the CEO?

The Barron's piece mentioned in this section was by written by the author and published on October 30, 2000, on the editorial page.

"Advances in excess of $5 million used to be reserved for the Oval Office ...": Quote by author, in Adam Bryant, "A Neutron Bomb in Bookland," Newsweek, July 24, 2000, p. 41.

"There is much talk today that the organization is the enemy ...": J. Irwin Miller, "The Dilemma of the Corporation Man," Fortune, August 1959, p. 102.

"The Imperial Chief Executive Is Suddenly in the Cross Hairs": David Leonhardt, New York Times, June 24, 2002, p. 1.

"I've been in business for 40 years ...": Comment by Andy Grove, in Tim Race's column, Scandals Appall Some Longtime Chief Executives, New York Times, July 1, 2002, p. C3.

"Extremely powerful for people in terms of feeling like they actually could do something that was meaningful ...": Michael Dell, Interview with author, January 10, 2002.

"Grossly misrepresented many aspects of my employment contract": Column by Jack Welch, Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2002, editorial page.