Business Book Roundtable
June 23, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Feiner Points of Leadership:
The 50 Basic
Laws That Will Make People Want to Perform Better for You
The
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business invites GSB alumni
and guests to an event co-sponsored
by the Chicago Columbia Business School Alumni
Association and the GSB Business Book Roundtable. Author and Professor
at Columbia Business School, Michael Feiner, will discuss his soon
to be released book, The
Feiner Points of Leadership and be available for book signing before
and after the event.
Management expert Michael Feiner's candid leadership guide cuts
through rhetoric and theory and gives managers and executives a hands-on
approach to dealing with
problems in business. As the former chief people officer at PepsiCo,
and now a management professor at the Columbia University School
of Business,
Feiner
shares his solutions from his years of handling unexpected crises,
meditating between warring corporate factions, and taking care of
all the ìpeople
problemsî that pop up on a routine basis in companies all over
the world. Feinerís approach is based on common sense and practicality,
and his book is full of examples that managers everywhere will identify
with
and relate to.
Along the way, Feiner doles out his laws of how those in supervisory
roles can resolve these vexing situations. Instructive and entertaining,
THE
FEINER POINTS
OF LEADERSHIP will be mandatory reading for anyone in a managerial
position.
Where:
Union League Club of Chicago
65 West Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL
Who:
Michael Feiner
Author
Questions:
Michael Albrecht
847.308-8103
albrechtm@breaktech.com
Event Description:
To avoid rushing into politically charged action and ensure that
appropriate measures are implemented, we must first take the time to consider
what really went wrong, then carefully decide how to prevent a repeat of such
corporate disasters. In an effort to curb the unnecessary 'man-made aftershocks'
that continue to ripple throughout the business world today, Corporate Aftershock:
The Public Policy Lessons from the Collapse of Enron and Other
Major Corporations has been written as a reasoned,
informed response to the numerous proposals to restrict derivatives, stifle
structured financing
activities, and amend shareholder protection principles and practices following
the failure of Enron and other corporations. Editors Christopher Culp and William
Niskanen have assembled an expert cast of contributors, each of whom are leaders
in their respective fields–from credit risk management to energy and
derivatives markets–to provide an unbiased public policy analysis of
the failure of Enron and other major corporations.
Comprised of five distinct sections, Corporate Aftershock offers
an in-depth examination and straightforward explanation of issues that focus
on the policy lessons specific to the markets Enron traded in, as well as the
specialized financial instruments it used in its endeavors. Topics discussed
include:
- Corporate innovation and governance
- Energy and derivatives markets after Enron
- Structured finance
- Credit risk mitigation
- Regulating corporate innovation after Enron
Was Enron an innovator, a sham, or a bit of
both? What can we learn from Enron’s failure that might impact the future operation and
regulation of energy and derivatives markets? What role did accounting and
disclosure policies play in Enron’s abuse of otherwise legitimate structured
finance activities? Without rushing to judgment, Corporate Aftershock answers
these and many other questions. Dealing with corporate disasters through hasty
reactions rarely solves the true problems. With Corporate Aftershock as your
guide, you’ll learn what sensible solutions can be made in the wake of
fallout from corporate disasters.
Speaker Profiles:
Christopher L. Culp,
Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, where
has been
affiliated since 1988. He is also a Principal at Chicago Partners LLC, an Adjunct
Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of
Business, and an independent non-executive Director of Idaho Power Company,
Inc., and IDACORP, Inc., where he sits on the Audit and Governance Committees.
Dr. Culp is the author of three books: Risk Transfer: Derivatives in Theory
and Practice (Wiley, 2004), The ART of Risk Management (Wiley,
2002), and The Risk Management Process (Wiley, 2001). In 2003, he
co-edited with William A. Niskanen Corporate Aftershock: The Public Policy
Lessons from the Failure of Enron and Other Recent Corporations, and was
co-editor in 1999 with Merton H. Miller of Corporate Hedging in Theory
and Practice (London: Risk Books). He is a member of the editorial advisory
boards of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Futures Industry magazine,
and the Journal of Risk Finance, and he is co-editor for derivatives
and risk management of FMA Online, the web journal of the Financial
Management Association. Dr. Culp has held positions in the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago’s Supervision and Regulation Department, at GT Management
(Asia) Ltd. (a division of LGT Bank in Liechtenstein in Hong Kong), and at
TradeLink LLC. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from The University of Chicago’s
Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in economics (Phi Beta Kappa, General
and Departmental Honors) from The Johns Hopkins University.
Fred L. Smith, Jr. is
President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market
public policy
group established in 1984. Mr. Smith combines intellectual and strategic analysis
of complex policy issues ranging from the environment to corporate governance
with an informative and entertaining presentation style. Well-known in academic
and professional circles, Mr. Smith is a popular speaker at universities and
conferences around the world. Mr. Smith is also a frequent guest on national
television and radio programs to discuss and debate regulatory initiatives
and topical policy issues. Providing both analytical and political insights,
he has appeared on CNN's “Crossfire,” PBS’s “News Hour
with Jim Lehrer” and “Now with Bill Moyers,” ABC's “20/20” and “This
Week,” NPR's “Talk of the Nation” and “The Diane Rehm
Show,” and “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” among many others.
A prolific writer, Mr. Smith’s works have been published in leading newspapers
and magazines such as the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Economic Affairs,
and the Washington Times. His academic articles have appeared in journals such
as Harvard Journal of Law and Economics, CATO Journal, and Economic Affairs,
and he is a contributing editor to Liberty magazine. Mr. Smith is co-editor
of Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards and the Field Guide
for Effective Communication. He has also contributed chapters to more than
a dozen books, including Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths, True State of
the Planet, Corporate Aftershock: The Public Policy Lessons from the Collapse
of Enron and Other Major Corporations, Solutions for an Environment in Peril,
Market Liberalism: A Paradigm for the 21st Century, and Assessing the Reagan
Years. Before founding CEI, Mr. Smith served as Director of Government Relations
for the Council for a Competitive Economy, as a senior economist for the Association
of American Railroads, and for five years as a Senior Policy Analyst at the
Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Smith holds a B.S. degree in Theoretical
Mathematics and Political Science from Tulane University where he earned the
Arts and Sciences Medal (Tulane’s highest academic award) and was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. He has also done graduate work in mathematics and applied
economics at Harvard, SUNY at Buffalo, and the University of Pennsylvania.
He is married to Frances (Bivona) Smith.
