Category Archives: succession

Cayne out at Bear Stearns.

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: [...]

2008/01/08Kaiser Permanente, board, governance, successionOne comment

The next chief executive of Kaiser Permanente?

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 [...]

2007/11/14Kaiser Permanente, successionOne comment

An honest chairman for Kaiser Permanente?

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. [...]

2007/10/18Kaiser Permanente, successionNo comments

Cleaning up after George Halvorson…

(…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 [...]

2007/10/17Kaiser Permanente, successionOne comment