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We have a Corporate Hallucinations Code Red. A member is down and needs our help.
Here's the message I got from her:
'Emergency! My CEO wants me to flesh out a more "interesting" bio on him for some business packs he's sending out. Have you seen good CEO profiles that I could show him as examples? Any advice?'
I have never seen a CEO Biography . . . just loads of lousy CEO columns.
Can anyone help? The blog never leaves a communicator behind.
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Feels like Total Recall. Er, Philip K Dick?
Actually, with Steve's example it's a bit scary --- standing at the urinal...
Comments (12)
This reminds me of a Crank Yankers -- the one where the woman was pretending to get all turned on during her call to a Tech Support guy. Funny stuff.
Posted by Meredith | April 19, 2005 10:58 AM
Posted on April 19, 2005 10:58
Seriously? That IS funny stuff...maybe I'll see if they have that somewhere I can download...I have some geek friends who would love it.
Posted by Rebecca, Julie's friend | April 19, 2005 12:33 PM
Posted on April 19, 2005 12:33
I like that!
Posted by Meredith | April 22, 2005 10:46 AM
Posted on April 22, 2005 10:46
DATE: 04/15/2005 10:74:4P PM
I don't have any personally, but there is this website:
http://www.surferess.com/CEO/html/biographies.html
It contains bios on lots of well-known CEO's. Maybe checking out a few of these will be inspiring. Some of them are long and some are straight and to the point.
Good luck.
Posted by Rebecca, Julie's friend | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/15/2005 28:15:5P PM
Rebecca, you are a True Goddess. Thank you . . . have a wonderful weekend.
Steve
Posted by steve C. | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/18/2005 12:25:5P PM
You are welcome. Hey, I don't know much, but I know how to find other people's stuff and "borrow" it, that's for sure. We do it in scripting all of the time. That's why I love the open source world.
All hail google.
Posted by Rebecca, Julie's friend | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/18/2005 20:93:7P PM
Scripting? Open source world? Rebecca is speaking geek again.
Steve
Posted by steve C. | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/18/2005 68:34:5A PM
Thanks, Rebecca! Very helpful.
Posted by Meredith | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/19/2005 48:50:6P PM
Our officer bios are straight forward, to the point, and include the officer's community relations interests as well as his or her duties, history with the company, education credentials, etc. Most companies post their officer bios online, so you should cruise some Web sites in your industry and see what they include. Look for companies with similar corporate culture to yours.
It sounds like your CEO also wants to stand out, so you'll want to make sure his favorite charities and interests are included along with any successes he may have had there. For instance, if he chaired a charity drive and the group had its most successful fundraising that year, toss it in and see if it stays. If he's a self-made success, a little bit of history about how he got his start would be appropriate.
And end with just a touch of personal history. It can be something like he volunteers at the local food bank once a month or donates his time to Doctors Without Borders, or his goal is to golf at every PGA course (or visit every Major League Baseball stadium). Not too sappy, but just a glimpse of personal interest.
Good luck
Posted by Kevin | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/19/2005 63:34:4A PM
Cut me a little slack...at least I'm not throwing around the lingo all of the time. ;)
Posted by Rebecca, Julie's friend | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/20/2005 01:02:0P PM
We have one executive who has a fairly straightforward bio on our internal web until you get to the last line, which reads "When she is not endeavoring to function as a competent adult, she dreams of being a flamenco dancer or a rock star."
Posted by Ellen | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31
DATE: 04/20/2005 61:44:3A PM
Thanks, Kevin!
Posted by Meredith | October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Posted on October 16, 2006 16:31