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The Pope as CEO

The Pope as CEOContrasting Pope and ImmeltIn two of my most recent blogs on www.strategyleader.com, I described how Jeff Immelt set unrealistic expectations and failed to meet them, while the POPE set low expectations and exceeded them. The result is that Immelt's credibility has been damaged and the Pope returns...

Tags: Leadership, Pope

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

Pope's PR Man is a J-School Graduate

Will wonders never cease: it turns out that Pope Benedict XVI's press secretary, John Patrick Cardinal Foley, is a Philadelphia native and a 1966 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. I'm not sure what to make of this piece of news, except to say...

Tags: Pope, Jon Greer, public relations, Benedict

Blog posts 2008-04-17

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THE PLAYBOY, THE POPE, THE ACTRESS AND A SCAM

Raffaello Follieri had it all: a jetset lifestyle, high connections and, most of all, an A-list Hollywood girlfriend. Until this week, that is, when Anne Hathaway dumped him and he was charged with property fraud. By David Usborne The big 'con' Someone...

Articles 2008-06-26

Barbara Pope Announces Acquisition of Common Shares of Transatlantic Petroleum Corp.

TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. (TSX: TNP) Barbara Pope ("Pope") announced today that during the week of June 16, 2008, Pope, as trustee for certain trusts, acquired control over 280,000 common shares of TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. ("TransAtlantic") at a price of US $1.03 per share, representing approximately 0.36% of TransAtlantic's issued and...

Articles 2008-06-25

SUP monument for Emigration delayed by city

After seven years of fundraisers, meetings and blueprint drafts, progress on the planned Emigration Canyon Historic Monument came to a halt this month. Stakes were already in place marking the perimeter of the proposed monument funded by the Sugar House chapter of Sons of Utah Pioneers when...

Articles 2008-06-25

Ancient words clash with living cultures

The trouble with targets, as headteachers, hospitals and Gordon Brown could tell you, is that they're quite hard to hit. For the truly determined, however, there's always a way. Don't register patients until you're sure you can see them in the allocated time frame. Make A-levels easier. Cut the hurdles...

Articles 2008-06-25

Vatican halts John Paul II's 'saint factory'

Pope John Paul II's "saint factory", responsible for the creation of more saints during his pontificate than in the previous 17 papal reigns put together, may be grinding to a halt. Archbishop Michele di Ruberto, secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican office...

Articles 2008-06-24

Protesters to hand Catholics condoms as pope visits Australia

SYDNEY AFP — Catholics attending a mass by Pope Benedict XVI in Australia will be handed condoms by protesters angered by his opposition to contraception, homosexuality and abortion, organisers said Tuesday. The protest will be staged by the NoToPope Coalition of Christians, atheists and gay groups during Catholic...

Articles 2008-06-23

Sistine 'a swipe at Pope'

ARTIST Michaelangelo painted secret messages on his pictures in the Sistine Chapel aimed at insulting the Pope and the Catholic Church, a new book claims. The book, The Sistine Secrets: Unlocking The Codes in Michaelangelo's Defiant Masterpiece', was written by Professor Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner,...

Articles 2008-06-22

Is the Catholic Church sliding towards civil war?

While Church of England bishops recoil from the prospect of gay 'weddings' with no precedent in Christian history, their Catholic counterparts are wringing their hands at the growing popularity of services that are too traditional for their tastes. On Saturday 14 June Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, one of...

Articles 2008-06-21

City has aces up its sleeve: Hot parties and cool deals

LAS VEGAS -- Despite gloomy reports of tanking tourism and fuel-price flight cuts, Sin City is still dealing visitors a good hand. Hotel occupancy fell 1.7% from January through April vs. the same period in 2007, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says. Gaming revenue was down...

Articles 2008-06-20

THE RETURN OF DANTE

The city of Florence has issued a pardon for the poet, 700 years after it sentenced him to death for his political beliefs. Peter Popham reports on the man who turned Italian into a literary language The Guelphs and the Ghibellines Dante Alighieri...

Articles 2008-06-19

Pope's Australian tour organisers find the devil's in the detail

SYDNEY AFP — Less than a month before Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Sydney for World Youth Day, an unholy row is brewing over the event's costs and its impact on local businesses in Australia's biggest city. The five-day celebration of Catholic youth has been billed as a...

Articles 2008-06-19

Pope prays for Middle East peace

VATICAN CITY AFP — Pope Benedict XVI called Thursday on leaders across the Middle East to work for peace, saying that he is praying "ardently" for the ability to visit the Holy Land in person. In a clear reference to the fragile truce in the Gaza Strip, which...

Articles 2008-06-19

New SAT is little better than old

The writing section added to the SAT has done very little to improve the exam's overall ability to predict how students will do in college, according to research released Tuesday by the test's owner. Critics of the SAT seized on the College Board's findings, which came three...

Articles 2008-06-18

What Is the Gregorian Mass Series?

Many Catholics are not familiar with the term,but " Gregorian Masses " are 30 consecutive Massesoffered for the repose of the soul of a particular person. The practicegoes back to St Gregory the Great, who ruled the Church from 590 to 604 asits first Benedictine pope. While St Gregory was...

Articles 2008-06-17

Vatican demands opening of Israeli archives

VATICAN CITY AFP — A Vatican representative on Tuesday expressed regret that some 15 Israeli archives do not allow access to documents relating to Pope Pius XII and his attitude during the Holocaust. Walter Brandmuller, president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, one of the organisers of...

Articles 2008-06-17

1846 TUESDAY 16 JUNE

Pope Pius IX elected Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti was elected pope as Pius IX. During his 31-year pontificate - the longest in history - he convened the First Vatican Council, which declared papal infallibility...

Articles 2008-06-16

Who needs Louis' help when the man who's pulling for you is the

NEVER mind Louis Walsh... singer Michael English's route to stardom is being guided by the POPE. Michael's CD, All My Life, is being tipped for the top spot in the album charts after he received an apostolic blessing on his music career from Pope Benedict. ...

Articles 2008-06-15

Voice of the IRISH SUNDAY Mirror: Top of the Popes

MICHAEL English's rise to stardom has been nothing short of miraculous. After a series of chance, religious encounters, his CD, All My Life, is being tipped for the top of the charts. But what else would you expect when you can count...

Articles 2008-06-15