CEO interviews

Anthony Alexander

President and Chief Executive Officer, FirstEnergy Corporation

"This is the manufacturing heartland. It always has been, and if we can develop [shale gas] resources and take advantage of them, we have an opportunity to see real and sustained growth, not only from an economic development standpoint across all sectors—residential, commercial, as well as industrial—but the spin off that flows from additional manufacturing in this area. This is the greatest opportunity we’ve had in years in this country to reposition ourselves again as a leader in manufacturing and in advanced technologies." (October 5, 2012)

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Joel Allison

President and Chief Executive Officer, Baylor Health Care System

"I see more movement toward looking at population health management and the fact that we need to learn how to manage the chronic diseases in a population, which account for so much of the healthcare dollar."

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Larry Fink

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock, Inc.

"We need to find a way to create trust so that we can look beyond the next year. We need to create confidence and a partnership between government and business, so that CEOs worldwide and their leadership teams put that money into capital expenditures and people and building better opportunities for the future. Because buying back your shares is only a short-term solution. It does not solve the long-term growth that is necessary to have a high-performing stock."

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Dr. Larry Kaiser

President and Chief Executive Officer, Temple University Health System

"We’re about a $1.5 billion system right now. To compete in this market, we need to probably be in the $3 to $5 billion dollar range … Therefore, one would think that consolidation is something that will likely occur, just as it is occurring in many other places across the country."

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L. Kevin Kelly

Chief Executive Officer, Heidrick & Struggles

"There is clearly a supply/demand issue when it comes to top-level talent globally. Given the demographics, the technology changes that we’re seeing today, and the economic environment in which we’re operating, the supply/demand issue is not going to go away overnight."

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Steven H. Lesnik

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Career Education Corporation

"I don't think that organizations that are slow to adjust and that are reactive are going to thrive in the years ahead. So we are going to invest time, resources, and attention to become a more innovative organization, and to do it quickly."

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Steve Smith

Chief Executive Officer and President, Equinix, Inc.

"People are communicating differently today, and I think it’s important to stay in touch with the frontlines."

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Peter Tortorici

Chief Executive Officer, GroupM Entertainment Global

"Every crisis is also a learning experience and an opportunity to deepen your crisis management capabilities. But our operations are now scaled so broadly that we have to accept the fact that there are some events that just aren’t predictable. A degree of fragility is part and parcel of the system."

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Douglas D. Tough

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

"Some of the key elements in IFF’s success model are based around customer intimacy and consumer insights. It all starts with the consumer—a rich and robust understanding of what they want, where they’re going, but, most importantly, what they want in the future."

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