Comments on: CEO Positions Available: “Nice Guys” Need Not Apply http://www.starkmanassociates.com/blogs/eric/ceo-nice-guys/ Public Relations, Investor Relations, and Design Marketing Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam Smith http://www.starkmanassociates.com/blogs/eric/ceo-nice-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Adam Smith Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:43:47 +0000 http://www.starkmanassociates.com/2007/11/01/ceo-nice-guys/#comment-750 Thank god the article mentioned "long-term" somewhere. For the long-term, buy-out doesn't create any value what so ever. Activist investing in public companies does much better, and much less costly to everyone: shareholders and the activists (less legal/banking fees, to say the least) The most successful buy-out investor is Warren Buffet, in his own and the only decent style: no debt, no change of management, no lay-off, and no interference. And most importantly, has generated best long-term returns! Thank god the article mentioned “long-term” somewhere.

For the long-term, buy-out doesn’t create any value what so ever. Activist investing in public companies does much better, and much less costly to everyone: shareholders and the activists (less legal/banking fees, to say the least)

The most successful buy-out investor is Warren Buffet, in his own and the only decent style: no debt, no change of management, no lay-off, and no interference. And most importantly, has generated best long-term returns!

]]> By: Don Kluegel http://www.starkmanassociates.com/blogs/eric/ceo-nice-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Don Kluegel Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:58:14 +0000 http://www.starkmanassociates.com/2007/11/01/ceo-nice-guys/#comment-309 I worked in Information Technology (Operations) at a multi national company from 1966 -2005, I held about 15 different jobs. I saw many people get jobs that they did not earn or where not qualified for them and in one case the company did not protect their employees from nepotism and that greatly effected morale. When the cousin of the manager that has only been with the company a few years is moved ahead of everyone else that has many years of experience it effect people's morale all over. I saw a person that was made a manager in IT that never held a technical job in his life and had no training in IT. Before coming to 3M his back ground was 12 yrs as a third grade teacher. Many of the project and time management programs that were costly proved over time to take up too much time to get the job done. Well, I have spoken enough for now. The longest lasting CEO at the company did not have a college degree and led the company from 1946 - 1966, his training was bookkeeping, and business letter writing and he built the company more than anyone else. Too reiteriate from what I saw of people getting jobs by qualifications I believe I am qualified for a CEO position. I worked in Information Technology (Operations) at a multi national company from 1966 -2005, I held about 15 different jobs. I saw many people get jobs that they did not earn or where not qualified for them and in one case the company did not protect their employees from nepotism and that greatly effected morale. When the cousin of the manager that has only been with the company a few years is moved ahead of everyone else that has many years of experience it effect people’s morale all over. I saw a person that was made a manager in IT that never held a technical job in his life and had no training in IT. Before coming to 3M his back ground was 12 yrs as a third grade teacher. Many of the project and time management programs that were costly proved over time to take up too much time to get the job done. Well, I have spoken enough for now. The longest lasting CEO at the company did not have a college degree and led the company from 1946 – 1966, his training was bookkeeping, and business letter writing and he built the company more than anyone else. Too reiteriate from what I saw of people getting jobs by qualifications I believe I am qualified for a CEO position.

]]> By: Private Equity HUB - peHUB First Read http://www.starkmanassociates.com/blogs/eric/ceo-nice-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Private Equity HUB - peHUB First Read Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:33:25 +0000 http://www.starkmanassociates.com/2007/11/01/ceo-nice-guys/#comment-203 [...] Nice guys need not apply to become PE-backed [...] [...] Nice guys need not apply to become PE-backed [...]

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