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The Top 10 CEOs

This article contains the first ranking that shows which CEOs of large public companies performed best over their entire time in office—or, for those still in the job, up until September 30, 2009. To compile our results, we collected data on close to 2,000 CEOs worldwide.

The Top 10 CEOs

1. Steve Jobs

Apple,1997–Present.United States,Information Technology,Insider CEO,MBA No,Country-Adjusted TSR 3,226%,Industry-Adjusted TSR 3,188%,Market Cap Change $150B

2. Yun Jong-Yong

Samsung Electronics,1996–2008.South Korea,Information Technology,Insider CEO,MBA No,Country-Adjusted TSR 1,559%,Industry-Adjusted TSR 1,458%,Market Cap Change $127B

3. Alexey B. Miller

Gazprom,2001–Present,Russia,Energy,Insider CEO,MBA No,Country-Adjusted TSR 2,032%,Industry-Adjusted TSR 2,427%,Market Cap Change $101B

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What Makes a Good Plan?

What factors are involved in creating a good business plan? Is it the length of the plan? The information it covers? How well it’s written, or the brilliance of its strategy. No.

The following illustration shows a business plan as part of a process. You can think about the good or bad of a plan as the plan itself, measuring its value by its contents. There are some qualities in a plan that make it more likely to create results, and these are important. However, it is even better to see the plan as part of the whole process of results, because even a great plan is wasted if nobody follows it.

Planning is a process, not just a plan

A business plan will be hard to implement unless it is simple, specific, realistic and complete. Even if it is all these things, a good plan will need someone to follow up and check on it. The plan depends on the human elements around it, particularly the process of commitment and involvement, and the tracking and follow-up that comes afterward.

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Managing Work Crews at Home

Most work crews are completing physically demanding work and require comfortable temperatures to work in, if it can be provided. With mutual respect and clear expectations between homeowners and workers, both can leave the project feeling satisfied.

Some home repairs can’t be tackled by even the most talented do-it-yourself homeowner. For such occasions, it may be necessary to hire an outside source. There are a few things to look for when hiring workers who will come into your home which indicate whether their stay will be a pleasant experience or, more likely, a messy headache.

It’s always a nice gesture if workers entering your home put on shoe coverings. Particularly if you have carpeting in your home, shoe coverings keep mud and dirt off the floor. Generally resembling paper boots, the covers slip over existing shoes. Taking shoes off at the door also works to avoid tracking in dirt.

When it’s time to get working, crews indicate respect for the home and its contents when they prepare the travel path in the home sufficiently. From the entry, through the home, to the location of work to be done, the floor needs to be protected from tools, machinery, and foot traffic.

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