Leadership: seven behaviors for 'muddling through'.(Corning Inc.)(Transcript)

Executive Speeches, April, 2005 by Houghton, James R.

James R. Houghton is chairman and chief executive offcer of Corning Incorporated. His remarks were delivered at the Senior Leadership/Corporate Transformation Conference in Harriman, New York, on April 11, 1996.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I'm delighted to be here. This meeting is organized around a particularly vital and exciting topic senior leadership and corporate transformation. I'm going to transpose those topics, however. First, I'll discuss my views on the transformation of corporations. Then, I'll talk about my vision of what it takes to be a senior leader in today's corporate environment.

As we stand at the door to a new century, it's useful to look back and check the century we're leaving. One-hundred years ago, the United...

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