Alan Murray

1 month ago | wsj.com | Alan Murray |Alan Murray

As corporate crises become the rule, not the exception, more responsibility falls on the boardsIn normal times, a big corporate board seat is a sweet gig. The pay is lavish—often $300,000 a year or more. The schedule is light: quarterly meetings, a smattering of committee calls. If all’s well, your job is only to observe, not intervene. “Noses in, fingers out,” as governance expert John Carver put it. But who among us lives in normal times? Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Feb 3, 2025 | ca.finance.yahoo.com | David Meyer |Alan Murray

Yesterday’s CEO Daily focused on Carol Tomé—a former CFO (Home Depot) who has already doubled her company’s market value as a new CEO (UPS). But a new study suggests Tomé may be the exception. Spencer Stuart looked at the performance of 1,300 CEOs since the turn of the millennium and found that ex-CFOs generally underperform.

Feb 3, 2025 | ca.finance.yahoo.com | David Meyer |Alan Murray

This is the web version of CEO Daily. To get it delivered to your inbox, sign up here. Cristiano Amon becomes the CEO of Qualcomm on June 30, and in that role will be a key global leader in the roll out of 5G technology over the next decade. I spoke with him recently about the opportunity and the challenges ahead.

Feb 3, 2025 | yahoo.com | David Meyer |Alan Murray

This is the web version of CEO Daily. To get it delivered to your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. I spent most of the day yesterday discussing the future of work—first, at an internal meeting with Fortune employees, then at our four-hour Reimagine Work Summit (full coverage for subscribers here), held in partnership with the Future Forum by Slack. The topic is a hot one for every employer of knowledge workers these days.

Feb 3, 2025 | yahoo.com | David Meyer |Alan Murray

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, left, wears a protective mask while being ceremoniously sworn-in by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, bottom left, with Elaine Chao, U.S. secretary of transportation, right, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2021. This is the web version of CEO Daily. To get it delivered to your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. It’s Friday, so some feedback, in which I’ve been deluged this turbulent week.