{"id":49,"date":"2006-05-23T06:46:01","date_gmt":"2006-05-23T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=49"},"modified":"2006-05-23T06:46:01","modified_gmt":"2006-05-23T11:46:01","slug":"now-this-is-a-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/now-this-is-a-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"Now THIS is a Commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/Work in Omaha\" target=\"_blank\">Work in Omaha, Live in Connecticut<\/a> from CareerJournal discusses the commuting schedule of the CEO of ConAgra.  Two words = corporate jet.  The article provides much detail regarding the interaction between CEO&#8217;s and the investment community.  But in the middle of the article resides this little dandy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But other experts suggest that in the <strong>age of the BlackBerry<\/strong>, the CEO&#8217;s whereabouts are increasingly irrelevant. Many travel constantly among far-flung divisions anyway. And there are several high-profile chief executives who have lived away from headquarters cities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if it is too early or too late to say this may be a trend.  Perhaps we are headed towards the age of the virtual CEO?  This technological advancement in communication will have a profound impact on companies when the Gen X CEO&#8217;s take the helm of major corporations.  For now, good to see the Baby Boomers embracing the technology.<\/p>\n<p>And how about some kudos for this gentleman putting his family first.  Granted, as CEO he receives much support, but I do not doubt that his choice will resonate with his daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work in Omaha, Live in Connecticut from CareerJournal discusses the commuting schedule of the CEO of ConAgra. Two words = corporate jet. The article provides much detail regarding the interaction between CEO&#8217;s and the investment community. But in the middle of the article resides this little dandy: But other experts suggest that in the age of the BlackBerry, the CEO&#8217;s whereabouts are increasingly irrelevant. Many travel constantly among far-flung divisions anyway. And there are several high-profile chief executives who have lived away from headquarters cities. I don&#8217;t know if it is too early or too late to say this may be a trend. Perhaps we are headed towards the age&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/now-this-is-a-commute\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":550,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/communicating-with-the-ceo\/","url_meta":{"origin":49,"position":0},"title":"Communicating With The CEO","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"January 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"In Selling Power's latest Sales Manager's Newsletter there is an article from Anthony Parinello, author of Selling to VITO and Think & Sell Like a CEO. 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