“Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job.” JobsPastGivenEffortWorrySupportPerformancesCrisisOilReasonableExecutivesAfghanistanSpillsOil Spill Author:Jim Talent
“The single most remarkable (and revealing) fact of the Obama presidency may very well be the lack of a single prosecution of Wall Street executives for the massive fraud that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis.” WellsMayFactsStreetsWallCrisisFinancialRemarkableExecutivesMassiveFraudPresidencyRevealingFinancial CrisisProsecution Author:Glenn Greenwald
“The dirty little secret of what used to be known as Wall Street securities firms-Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and Bear Stearns-was that every one of them funded their business in this way to varying degress, and every one of them was always just twenty-four hours away from a funding crisis. The key to day-to-day survival was the skill with which Wall Street executives managed their firms' ongoing reputation in the marketplace.” WayLittlesUsedHoursSecretKnownFourStreetsSecurityBrotherWallKeysBearsSkillsSurvivalTwentiesCrisisReputationUsed To BeDirtyFirmExecutivesDay To DayOngoingFundingMarketplaceStanleyGoldman SachsLehman Brothers Author:William D. Cohan
“During the financial crisis, I worked with hundreds of executives who struggled as a result of their thoughts about job security. When their beliefs changed, so did their emotional experience - and they were then able to focus on the task at hand more effectively.” HandsAbleJobsBeliefResultsFocusSecurityChangedEmotionalTasksCrisisFinancialExecutivesFinancial CrisisTask At Hand Author:Andrew Bernstein
“We in America should see that no man is ever given, no matter how gradually or how noble and excellent the man, the power to put this country into a war which is now being prepared and brought closer each day with all the pre-meditation of a long planned murder. For when you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.” KnowsMenGivingShouldLongWarCountryMatterAmericaGivenMeditationPositionHe ManMurderCrisisPreparedNobleExcellentEach DayExecutivesFillingTimes Of Crisis Book:Hemingway on War Source: Hemingway on War
“After a migratory crisis on the border with minors coming over that you're seeing start up again now, after all these executive orders the President has issued. More than ever we need to prove to people that illegal immigration is under control.” PeopleNeedsOrderPresidentSeeingProveCrisisImmigrationBordersExecutivesIllegalMinorsIllegal ImmigrationExecutive Orders Author:Marco Rubio
“There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New Orleans, or something like Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the power of the music of the civil rights movement [which he executive produced in 2009]. Or Bamako, about the African debt crisis, a platform to discuss the experience of people who actually live it. All of these are important ways we can use film as a forum inviting people into a dialogue.” PeopleWayImportantUseFilmWaterRightsTroubleMovementRevolutionCrisisExcitedDebtDialogueCivil RightsExecutivesPlatformsDocumentariesNew OrleansCivil Rights MovementInvitingSoundtracksForumsDebt Crisis Author:Danny Glover
“The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here, I think I had a pretty good sense of what was required. But the circumstances in which I came in were different than most executives, right? The enterprise was in the midst of a major crisis.” PeopleThinkingGivingDifferentCircumstancesMajorsTrainingCrisisCreditCampaignsSignificantEnterpriseMidstExecutivesGood Sense Author:Barack Obama
“When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.” KnowsGivingPowerPositionCrisisExecutivesFillingPublic OfficeTimes Of Crisis Book:Hemingway on War Source: Hemingway on War
“For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.” KindPresidentEconomicTasteCrisisStrategyGreedMidstExecutivesAwardsToleratePackagesCompensationBad TasteEconomic Crisis Author:Barack Obama
“Global warming may be a 'crisis,' even 'the most pressing environmental problem of our time.' ... Indeed, it may ultimately affect nearly everyone on the planet in some potentially adverse way, and it may be that governments have done too little to address it. It is not a problem, however, that has escaped the attention of policymakers in the Executive and Legislative Branches of our Government, who continue to consider regulatory, legislative, and treaty-based means of addressing global climate change.” WayMayMeanLittlesDoneProblemGovernmentAttentionPlanetsCrisisClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeOur TimeBranchesGlobal WarmingAddressesExecutivesTreatiesAdverseEnvironmental ProblemsLegislative Branch Author:John Roberts
“Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by financial fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's wrong.” YearsThreeGoneCrisisForgivingFinancialExecutivesJailFraudThree YearsPointingForgive MeHorrificFinancial Crisis Author:Charles Ferguson