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Cayne out at Bear Stearns.

By Justen Deal • Jan 8th, 2008 • Category: Kaiser Permanente, board, governance, succession

Two months ago, I joined quite a few other people in saying it was about time James Cayne resign from Bear Stearns. Bloomberg is reporting that an announcement will likely come this morning, confirming that Cayne will be stepping down.
In my post back in November, I lumped Cayne in with three other chief executives: [...]



The next chief executive of Kaiser Permanente?

By Justen Deal • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: Kaiser Permanente, succession

For the past few weeks, I have been looking at a few of the potential candidates who could succeed George Halvorson and get Kaiser Permanente back on track. Each candidate so far has been from outside the organization. Today, though, I’m going to talk about Bernard Tyson, who is effectively the chief operating [...]



An honest chairman for Kaiser Permanente?

By Justen Deal • Oct 18th, 2007 • Category: Kaiser Permanente, succession

This is the third Who Will Be Kaiser Permanente’s Next CEO? entry.
“The Health Ethics Trust, a division of The Council of Ethical Organizations, named Vicky Gregg, president and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, as its 2007 Fellow of the Trust for her accomplishments and leadership in advancing health care ethics and compliance.”
You guessed it. [...]



Cleaning up after George Halvorson…

By Justen Deal • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Kaiser Permanente, succession

(…it’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it…)
Last week, I said I would write a series of posts under the title: “Who Will Be Kaiser Permanente’s Next CEO?” The response I received from folks inside Kaiser Permanente was overwhelming: it’s time for George Halvorson to go. I wrote last week that [...]



Mary, did you know?

By Justen Deal • Oct 13th, 2007 • Category: Kaiser Permanente, succession

In 2002, George Halvorson hurried out of Minnesota, leaving behind his former employer, HealthPartners, in a sorry state. Mary Brainerd was named chief executive officer, and set about cleaning up after Mr. Halvorson, starting with an investigation into Halvorson’s conduct:
“[Mary Brainerd had] to defend the company and salvage employee morale during an investigation by [...]