To this end, the company hired a top-notch executive as its CEO in 2008: Godfrey Sullivan.
While demand for top-quality executive education is clearly growing so are the number of firms and individuals stepping up to provide solutions.
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Although the president is the human face and representative of the Islamic-based regime in Tehran, he is not the top executive decision-maker or commander-in-chief.
He achieved that reputation the old fashioned way: He earned it as a former Congressman, successful non-profit business executive and long-time top-rated talk radio show.
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But in an interview with Forbes on Friday, a top executive of China-based Qiming Venture, a major investor in Vancl, denied the news, and said companies in the country have been cautious about their next moves at present because they are looking to the results of the leadership transition next week.
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Jimbo Fisher is not a top executive of a for-profit corporation.
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As a member of the NFL's ten-person executive committee, Murphy knew his top priority was making sure the revenue-sharing regimen didn't get diluted during summer negotiations among owners.
For openers, he's the chairman and chief executive--top dog--and majority owner of the company, Track Data (nasdaq: TRAC - news - people ), in whose stock he purportedly trafficked.
In its report, the center cited hostile statements and policies issued by local officials -- including County Executive Steve Levy, the county's top elected official -- and county legislators as evidence that discriminatory attitudes are institutionalized.
Think of the communications market as a pyramid with the globe-trotting, cost-is-no-object executive at the top.
Essentially, employees are handing Mallya and his top executive Sanjay Agarwal a no-confidence vote even as they appealed to its Delhi-based engineers today to not resort to legal action.
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"Even if they aren't cooking or using the products very often, very wealthy people want to have the top-of-the-line of everything, " explains Milton Pedraza, chief executive of the Luxury Institute , a research firm based in New York.
The 58-year-old chief executive of Idine Rewards Network is sitting on top of a restaurant marketing company with ever-improving results.
There's the innocent youth, the self-described madman who reigned as a top music executive, and the chastened survivor of a professional and personal meltdown.
At Evernote, a software company, 250 employees every full-time worker, from receptionist to top executive have their homes cleaned twice a month, free.
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One 61-year-old executive at a major computer-memory manufacturersays growth hormone helps him keep pace with other top officers at his company, most of whom are under 40.
He runs the company with co-founder Aneel Bhusri, who was previously a top executive at PeopleSoft.
And the top-flight administrators ruled out a winter shutdown, although chief executive Neil Doncaster accepts it would be of benefit.
However, all the systems are under review by a top-level panel led by former Lockheed Martin chairman and chief executive Norm Augustine.
The foreign-ownership rules even preclude foreigners from holding the top executive positions in American airlines in which foreign capital owns as much as a 49% stake.
At her eight-minute hearing Wednesday, Brooks, the former top executive of Murdoch's British newspaper group, spoke only to confirm her address and was ordered to appear in Southwark Crown Court on June 22.
He believes board members who aren't seen as punishing top bosses for poor results may spur shareholders to vote down executive-pay plans.
It appeared the client prospect was taken in by the fact that this senior executive could actually rattle off the names of these top-tier outlets and journalists.
Apple ( AAPL - news - people ) chief executive officer, became a Top Gun for the innovative products the company created under his guidance.
True story: a couple I knew, Judy, a top executive, made way more money than Mike, a less-than-successful entrepreneur.
The four officially non-independent members of the board include the top two - Buffet and Munger - and two of the only three executive officers of the corporation.
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Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry says the team have shown they can beat top-class opponents without inspirational captain Steven Gerrard.
"Each of our three primary sectors, commercial, broadcasting and Matchday, delivered strong top-line gains and helped us achieve a record third quarter, " said executive vice chairman Ed Woodward.
The deal with Peugeot was celebrated by Mitsubishi's newly-appointed chief executive Takashi Nishioka, who took over after three top bosses stood down last month to shoulder responsibility for the firm's troubles.
"The top firms are just okay, " says Robert Bernard, chief executive of Whittman-Hart, an information technology provider for businesses, backed by Frontenac Co. and Platinum Venture Partners, both of Chicago.
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