The Sentinel CEO
Perspectives on Security, Risk, and Leadership in a Post-9/11 World
Chapter One
CEO Reflections from the
Front: Integrated Security
and Risk Management
The truth is in the details. With that in mind, this chapter
shares the personal insights and reflections of a small but
diverse group of business leaders, from various backgrounds,
on how the CEO, and the company he or she
manages, can come to terms with a broad range of risks.
The personal stories and perspectives of the executives
interviewed for this book were at once varied and also
very consistent. Virtually all of the CEOs agreed that,
as a corporate community, we need to understand the
challenge of terrorism more clearly, define it in the right
terms, and go after the root causes that give rise to terrorists.
From a business perspective, we need to gain
technical competence to deal with threats from those
who would seek to harm us. We need to understand and
embrace local cultural values in order to operate successfully
abroad. And governments need to colla ... read full excerpt from The Sentinel CEO: Perspectives on Security, Risk, and Leadership in a Post-9/11 World ebook
