Economic Crisis A Leadership Concern At Conference

Successful companies must maintain strong investor relations by continuously communicating, simultaneously considering the current quarter and the longer term, building a diverse workforce, and keeping focused on the big picture, Cooper said. Business leaders must resist temptations that would compromise their ethics, but they must embrace uncertainty, Cooper said. "Be alert to opportunities. Given how much the business world is changing, any career path you may have set out for yourself a year ago, or even a month ago, may have to be altered."