Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

Landmark Ashland restaurant reopens

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Scanlon, a former chef at the Oregon Club, and ex-Oregon waitress Judy MacLeod stepped up to the plate.

After an open house for friends and former longtime patrons Sunday, the restaurant reopened to the public last night, with Scanlon in the kitchen and MacLeod “running the front of the house.”

It will be open for dinner at 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, Scanlon said.

via Landmark Ashland restaurant reopens – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News.

Change agent sees change ‘addiction’

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

After 20 years of experience leading change management programmes in the US, Europe and New Zealand, BP Executive Fiona MacLeod has concluded that the corporate world is “addicted” to serial change management programmes that consume massive resources but ultimately fail to solve the problems they aim to address.

via Change agent sees change ‘addiction’.

Planning, Emotions, Ownership, Confidence and Clarity

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

“How can we … free ourselves from our addiction to episodic change and move to a much more healthy habit of continuous business improvement?” is the very pertinent question asked by a senior BP executive, Fiona Macleod, at the recent Wharton Leadership Conference.

via Appetite for Change: Sustainable Change: Planning, Emotions, Ownership, Confidence and Clarity.

SkyTerra Communications Announces Second-Quarter 2009 Conference Call

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

The call will be led by Alexander H. Good, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of SkyTerra and Scott Macleod, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SkyTerra.

via SkyTerra Communications Announces Second-Quarter 2009 Conference Call.