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Special Report: Leadership Lessons from the President

Special Report: Leadership Lessons from the President

Barack Obama was known as “No Drama Obama” during his historic presidential campaign. And according to actor and author Hill Harper, a Harvard Law School classmate of Obama’s and a member of his National Finance Committee, Obama’s overall organizational skills are exemplary—clearly demonstrated in how he won the national election. “He was the CEO of one of the most organized, if not the most organized, campaigns in history,” Harper remarks.

Special Report: Election ’08

Special Report: Election ’08

Barack Obama was known as “No Drama Obama” during his historic presidential campaign. And according to actor and author Hill Harper, a Harvard Law School classmate of Obama’s and a member of his National Finance Committee, Obama’s overall organizational skills are exemplary—clearly demonstrated in how he won the national election. “He was the CEO of one of the most organized, if not the most organized, campaigns in history,” Harper remarks.

Private-Equity Firms Seek to Expand Influence in Obama Era

Private-Equity Firms Seek to Expand Influence in Obama Era

With the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black president of the U.S. a day away, the historic occasion has been celebrated through a countless number of festive activities throughout the nation's capital. But Sunday night’s Private-Equity Inaugural Gala attracted scores of BE 100s CEOs, heavyweight minority executives, and high-powered politicians to network and discuss business strategy as the Champagne and revelry flowed.

Businesses Honor King Legacy, Give Back

“President-elect Barack Obama said it best. This election was not about him. It is about us. It is a call to the people of consciousness to rise up and move us forward in the areas where we have gotten stuck,” said Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. “We have a lot of work cut out for us.”

Jackson: Economic Woes Mean ‘Double Trouble’ for Blacks

With banks, businesses, and homeowners hanging by a thread from last year’s credit crisis, the 2009 12th annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit has quite a challenge to surmount. The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a social and civil rights organization, has created a conference that it hopes will set a course for those suffering from the fallout.

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