Category Archives: CEOs

C Suite Occupants Should Know They Are Always in the Spotlight, Always 

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Joe Ahmad

The scrutiny and fallout from the statements made by the Campbell’s Soup executive should not be a shocking surprise to anyone in a C-Suite position. When you are at the top of a corporate ladder, your words and your actions … Continue reading →

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Good confidentiality and non-compete habits keep executives & companies out of court or prepared to win there 

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Joe Ahmad

Normally, I write about executives from the perspective of promoting their individual rights and liability.  But it is also important to keep in mind that executives have a fiduciary duty to the company and are trusted with protecting trade secrets … Continue reading →

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Execs Can Be Fired for Off the Clock Speech or Behaviors 

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Joe Ahmad

C-Suite executives need to know that they represent the company even when they are off the clock. The recent jettisoning of Kroger’s chief for activities away from work is a sobering reminder.  Personal conduct away from the office, even if … Continue reading →

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Executive Safety May Hinge on Corporate Responsibility 

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Joe Ahmad

CEOs of major corporations are accustomed to high stress, high pressure and public-facing roles that can be dangerous to their mental health. But the shocking shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a sobering reminder that on rare occasions, the … Continue reading →

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Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch acquitted of defrauding HP; he was smart to testify 

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Joe Ahmad

A San Francisco jury that heard three months of testimony unanimously acquitted Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch of 15 criminal charges of conspiracy and wire fraud over the 2011 sale of his company to Hewlett-Packard. The government charged that Lynch misrepresented … Continue reading →

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Boeing CEO resigns – the top must drop in crises like these 

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Joe Ahmad

Davd Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, announced he is resigning from the troubled airlines at the end of the year. This is inevitable and the right thing to do. Just like in pro sports, an organization with major problems needs to … Continue reading →

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Can CEO’s learn something from Dolphins owner Stephen Ross’s problems with the NFL?

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Joe Ahmad

Earlier this week, multibillionaire and longtime Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was found to have violated the league’s tampering rules in a scheme described as “unprecedented in scope and severity” by commissioner Roger Goodell. It’s hard for someone like me … Continue reading →

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Despite Two Closely Watched Trial Losses, DOJ Pressing on with Controversial Criminal No-Poaching, Price-Fixing Antitrust Enforcement

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Joe Ahmad

Is the DOJ going too far by aggressively pursuing criminal no-poach and price-fixing charges as per se violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act? In two recent trials testing these enforcement theories for the first time, jurors thought the government’s cases … Continue reading →

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There’s More to Learn from Jeopardy! than Trivia

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Joe Ahmad

Q: This household-name company allowed an insider to lead a high-profile executive search only to end up hiring himself for the job. It then failed to perform basic vetting that might have uncovered the new guy’s embarrassing history of insensitive … Continue reading →

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When it Comes to Lawyers and Allegiances, Execs Should Look Out for No. 1

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Joe Ahmad

Embattled former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes learned an inconvenient truth when it comes to allegiances between outside law firms, their corporate clients and individuals on the executive team. In pretrial wrangling before the August 31 start of her federal criminal … Continue reading →

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