Planting the Seeds of Wealth

On April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 rig workers and setting off a massive oil leak.

You’ve been there countless times. You’ve spoken to your most senior direct reports one on one.

At the end of April, the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca surprised the markets by announcing an 11 percent jump in revenue.

When Vineet Nayar, the 48-year-old chief executive of HCL Technologies Limited, took the stage at the company’s fifth annual global conference in April in Orlando, Fla.

Carlos Slim Helú has a mathematical mind and simple tastes.

Had the company remained in its original niche, Virgin would probably have closed its doors years ago.

The storm in the euro zone shows no signs of blowing itself out.

China’s was the first major economy to begin to recover from the global recession.

While CEOs have taken most of the blame for recent corporate failures, their boards certainly share considerable responsibility, according to William M. Klepper, author of “The CEO’s Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom.”

In 1998, when the leadership development guru Kevin Cashman first published his seminal work, “Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life,” the business landscape had a decidedly different look and feel.

The notion of socially responsible business has always worn many guises.

This year, perhaps right about now, the world’s billionth car will take its place on the world’s roads.