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Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca is the former president of Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation and a bestselling author. He spends his time traveling, giving speeches, and supporting the Iacocca Foundation, which funds research for a cure for diabetes.

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FP Posted: Finally, Canada gets some respect
National Post, February 1, 2010
...Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Lala Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent long...
Pakistani Taliban Leader Is Reported Dead
OpEdNews.com, February 1, 2010
...John C. Maxwell $14.99 Lowest New Price $6.79 Number of pages: 224 Publisher: Thomas Nelson by Lee Iacocca $15.00 Lowest New Price $7.00 Number of pages: 288 Publisher: Scribner by Warren Bennis $17.50 Lowest New Price $10.12 Number of pages: 304...
FP Tech Desk: Media union up in arms, but Rogers program cuts within rules
National Post, January 22, 2010
...Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Lala Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent long...
October the red-nosed reindeer
National Post, December 23, 2009
...Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Lala Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent long...
DataCom hit with record fine
National Post, December 18, 2009
...Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Lala Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent long...
Susan Boyle, 'David at the Dentist' top YouTube's videos of 2009
National Post, December 16, 2009
...Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Lala Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent long...
FP Big Picture podcast: Million dollar soldier
National Post, December 11, 2009
...Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Lala Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent long...
FP Tech Desk: RIM and MasterCard team up
National Post, November 27, 2009
...Kerkorian Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent...
CN strike looming here, but Ireland going completely off the rails
National Post, November 25, 2009
...Kerkorian Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent...
Chat live: Jim Harris on why green energy works
National Post, November 24, 2009
...Kerkorian Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent...
Apple may refuse to fix your computer if you’re a smoker
National Post, November 23, 2009
...Kerkorian Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent...
Will Murdoch leave from Google in favour of Bing?
National Post, November 23, 2009
...Kerkorian Kimberly Lok Kindle kindness Kyle McNamara labour Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent...
Canadian inflation: Economists comment
National Post, November 18, 2009
...Ratner Kerkorian Kimberly Lok kindness Kyle McNamara labour Latin America Latvia Lawrence Asset Management layoffs leaders Leadershift leadership Lee Iacocca Legal News Lehman Brothers Levi Folk life linkedin Linux Litigation Live Blog Live Chat Livent...
Carroll Shelby Foundation Now Offering 66 Signed Copies of Thrilling Motorsports Book, “Go Like Hell”
Business Wire, November 11, 2009
...Le Mans. The critically acclaimed book tells the remarkable story of how Carroll Shelby helped Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca and the Ford company defeat mighty Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Each copy being offered by the Foundation has been signed by...
Hear today, gone tomorrow
Marlborough Express, November 10, 2009
...psychiatric hospitals and higher levels of fatigue and anxiety. Good ears are the secret of business success, too. Lee Iacocca, former chief of the Chrysler Corporation, recently lamented: 'I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to...
“Gladwell for Dummies,”
The Nation, November 7, 2009
...mendacious and self-aggrandizing CEO. In 2001 Gladwell ridiculed Michael Eisner, Sumner Redstone and Jack Welch for ripping off Lee Iacocca's formula for the corporate memoir wherein modest, homespun beginnings and 'gruff, no-nonsense' mentors lay the...
Is anybody out there really listening?
Times Online, October 27, 2009
...as the 1920s US President Calvin Coolidge once said. But again, listening is becoming an increasingly rare ability. Lee Iacocca, former chief of the Chrysler Corporation, recently lamented: I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to...
Would a "Double Dip" Take Down Hertz?
Seeking Alpha, October 14, 2009
...Just because all the other kids are doing it doesn't mean that you should.' In his autobiography, Lee Iacocca of Chrysler (DCX) praised his former boss, Robert McNamara for knowing a bunch of ' hypothetical facts.' That is, McNamara knew not only the...
New Vernon CEO seeks to inspire with new book
New Jersey Observer Tribune, October 9, 2009
...find a solution for them,? he said. A forward for the book was written by former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca. In that forward, Iacocca calls him ?one of the best business leaders in America.? Grano and his wife, Kathy, have a son and two daughters...
7 ways the most successful businesspeople trounce the competition
Reliable Plant, September 25, 2009
...realize that she has paid attention to and valued what they've said! 8. Cultivate curiosity. According to Lee Iacocca, former Chrysler CEO, "A leader has to show curiosity. He has to listen to people outside of the 'Yes, sir' crowd in his inner circle....
Elite Colleges Don't Make Elite People
Washington Post, September 20, 2009
...Warren Buffett, Ken Burns, Bill Cosby, Bob Costas, Emily Dickinson, Don DeLillo, Richard Feynman, Bill Gates, Rudy Giuliani, Lee Iacocca, Steve Jobs, Garrison Keillor, Martin Luther King Jr., Billie Jean King, Sarah McLachlan, Bette Midler, Julia Morgan,...
Research and Markets: You Can't Predict a Hero: From War to Wall Street, Leading in Times of Crisis
Earthtimes.org, September 14, 2009
...articles. He lives Ithaca, New York, and is a member of the Authors Guild. Key Topics Covered: Foreword (Lee Iacocca). 1 Leaders: Are They Born or Made? 2 Problems Require Solutions. 3 Be the Eternal Optimist. 4 Reconcile Yourself to Selfishness. 5 You...
5 Smart Books: Our Latest Staff Picks (Consumer Action)
Smart Money, August 7, 2009
...golden age, taking readers inside the high-stakes racing-pit drama played out by automotive legends like rising Detroit star Lee Iacocca, renegade Texas car maker Carroll Shelby and nerves-of-steel drivers John Surtees, Phil Hill and Ken Miles. Not to...
5 Smart Books: Our Latest Staff Picks
Smart Money, August 7, 2009
...golden age, taking readers inside the high-stakes racing-pit drama played out by automotive legends like rising Detroit star Lee Iacocca, renegade Texas car maker Carroll Shelby and nerves-of-steel drivers John Surtees, Phil Hill and Ken Miles. Not to...
Auto PR whiz adapts at Bible publisher
The Detroit Free Press, July 26, 2009
...July 26, 2009 Here's a career trajectory in sync with these zany times: From writing jokes for Lee Iacocca speeches in the 1980s to a series of jobs in Chrysler media then a defection to then to Ford Motor just as the Ford-Firestone tire crisis then...
TOM WALSH: Auto PR whiz adapts to job at Bible publisher
The Detroit Free Press, July 26, 2009
...From writing jokes for Lee Iacocca speeches in the 1980s to a series of jobs in Chrysler media relations; then a defection to Nissan; then to Ford Motor just as the Ford-Firestone tire crisis erupted...
Auto PR whiz adapts to job at Bible publisher
The Detroit Free Press, July 26, 2009
... Here's a career trajectory in sync with these zany times: From writing jokes for Lee Iacocca speeches in the 1980s to a series of jobs in Chrysler media relations; then a defection to Nissan; then to Ford Motor just as the Ford-Firestone tire crisis...
Suggestions for summer reading
Murray Ledger and Times, July 22, 2009
...of Leadership which offers - according to Amazon.com - lively stories about the foibles and successes of Lee Iacocca, Abraham Lincoln, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Dole.Another recommendation by Dr. Rose is Donald T. Philipps' Lincoln on Leadership:...
CNN Student News Transcript: May 1, 2009
CNN, April 30, 2009
...corporate America. And for many years, Chrysler was back, thanks in part to the leadership of the charismatic Lee Iacocca, with the fuel efficient model K-car a big seller. In recent years, Chrysler had its finger on the pulse of American drivers craving...
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Christian Science Monitor, April 20, 2009
...Lee Iacocca?s book should be required reading for presidential candidate and everyone who votes. ? ? Martha Doss, Lexington, Va. | Comments (no comments) Leave a Comment Name (required) Website By...
Ellis Island Honors Immigrants to United States
America.gov, April 1, 2009
...the American experience. 'How wonderful to come from this immigrant stock, rooted in dreams, and boldness, and endurance,? Lee Iacocca, founding chairman of the Ellis Island Foundation, said in 2004. ?It is a pedigree to be proud of.' PAST AND...
Blurb: “If you can find a better book . . .”
The Big Picture, October 22, 2009
...Power IV. As someone who has been blurbed and who gives blurbs, the above the title blurb by Lee Iacocca catches my eye: “If you can find a better book on customer satisfaction, buy it.” That Lee is a freakin ‘ genius...
Today is National Poetry Day
Davidjoseph's Weblog, October 15, 2009
...Lee Iacocca is 85, Barry McGuire, 74, Linda Lavin, 72, Penny Marshall, 67, Don Stevenson (Moby Grape), 67, Tito Jackson, 56, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, 50, Mark Reznicek (The Toadies...
A Flimsy Glimpse into My Finely-Tuned Literary Mind
Freida Bee, September 18, 2009
...effect: "We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need ?" –Lee Iacocca "It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago" –Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice-President "More and more of our imports are coming...
A Rare Glimpse into My Finely-Tuned Literary Mind
Freida Bee, September 18, 2009
...effect: "We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need ?" –Lee Iacocca "It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago" –Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice-President "More and more of our imports are coming...
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
7milesdown, May 31, 2009
...Lee Iacocca … one of the wisest and most charismatic men you’ll ever read about published  Where Have All the Leaders Gone?  in 2007 and continues to voice his opinions...
Publishing that candid autobiography - Timing is everything
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter, April 16, 2009
...s was so wrong. Disclosure: I was speechwriter/ghostwriter for Miller when he handled the finance part of the Lee Iacocca turnaround of Chrysler. ...