Career advice from Sheryl Sandberg and Amex CEO Chenault

• Sheryl Sandberg's message to men

  Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead seems to be a book for women only.

  Maybe it's not.

  New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Jamie Dimon threw book-promo bashes for Sandberg this past week.

  This morning, I met with Sandberg and American Express (AXP) CEO Ken Chenault—another male master of the universe whom the Facebook (FB) COO has captured on her Lean In bandwagon.

  Maybe it's feminist MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Mar 13, 2013 4:18 PM ET
  Posted in: Ken Chenault, Sheryl Sandberg

• How to hire in uncertain times

  by Jessica Shambora

  Who's hiring? Hardly anybody, yet. But as you dream about recovery, you'd better be thinking about how to upgrade your talent. You'll be hiring again someday. Really.

  We talked about hiring at the recent Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, where this year's theme was "Betting on the Future." A session called "Building a Standout Start-up" was led by two CEOs who are in major hiring mode. We thought we'd MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Oct 7, 2009 1:55 AM ET
  Posted in: American Express, Avon, CEOs, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, Gilt Groupe, Gina Bianchini, hiring, Ken Chenault, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, liz smith, management, Most Powerful Women, Ning, Postcards, Silicon Valley, startup, Susan Lyne, technology, Ursula Burns, Xerox

• Amex CEO Ken Chenault: Define reality and give hope

  by Jessica Shambora

  It's a given that when corporations suffer, so do the charitable groups that rely on them for support.

  Amidst the financial crisis, many strapped non-profits face funding losses as the need for their services rises. And unlike their counterparts at for-profit corporations, not-for-profit execs haven't had the proper leadership training do what's needed -- restructuring, staff cuts, even mergers with other organizations. A recent study by Bridgespan Group shows MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - May 12, 2009 3:56 PM ET
  Posted in: advice, American Express, AXP, banks, Bridgespan Group, CEOs, education, Ken Chenault, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, not-for-profit, philanthropy, Postcards, Warren Buffett

• Power Point: Don't hunker

  "In an uncertain environment, what do you need? You need trust in management. Don't hunker in the bunker."

  -- American Express (AXP) chairman and CEO Ken Chenault in an interview today at the Fortune 500 Forum. Chenault talked about becoming CEO in 2001, amidst both a crisis in confidence in American Express ("A number of folks were almost writing us off," he said) and the crisis of 9/11. He learned then MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Dec 3, 2008 5:17 PM ET
  Posted in: American Express, CEOs, finance, Fortune 500 Forum, Ken Chenault, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Postcards, Power Point, Warren Buffett

• Global crisis: Fortune 500 CEOs weigh in

  I took a 7 a.m. Acela from New York to Washington, D.C. this morning to meet with D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and then attend the Fortune 500 Forum, beginning this afternoon. My train was on time to the minute; Rhee's red-eye from the West Coast was delayed by D.C. fog, so she and I are now due to meet Wednesday. I'll share my thoughts later this week about Rhee, who MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Dec 1, 2008 2:05 PM ET
  Posted in: American Express, Antonio Perez, AT&T, Best Buy, Brad Anderson, CEOs, Coca-Cola, Coke, consumer goods, education, Fedex, financial crisis, Fortune 500, Fortune 500 Forum, Fred Smith, global economy, Hank Paulson, Ken Chenault, Kodak, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Michelle Rhee, Muhtar Kent, Postcards, Power Shift, Randall Stephenson, Washington

• Citigroup's Pandit gets a lifeline too

  The upshot of the government's bailout of Citigroup (C): millions of calmed investors, 350,000 relieved employees, and one CEO who is hanging on to his job at least for a while.

  Vikram Pandit's apparent security at the helm of Citi may be a good thing. For all his faults - his failure to get a timely grip on the company's toxic assets, his unconvincing arguments last week that Citi is adequately MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Nov 24, 2008 4:44 PM ET
  Posted in: American Express, banks, Barclays, Bob Rubin, CEOs, Citigroup, Gary Crittenden, Ken Chenault, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, Lehman Brothers, management, Manuel Medina-Mora, Michael Klein, Monsanto, Postcards, Power Shift, Sallie Krawcheck, Sandy Weill, Sears, Tom Maheras, Vikram Pandit, Wall Street, Weill Bugando Medical Center