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Elanco CEO says ‘another level of urgency’ needed to improve downtown
Speaking during a luncheon hosted by the Economic Club of Indiana on Wednesday, Elanco CEO Jeff Simmons addressed downtown’s struggles with homelessness, infrastructure, talent attraction and retention, and real estate.
Indianapolis Public Library brings in temporary outside executive
Anita J. Harden, founder of Interim Executives LLC and a former president of Community Hospital East, will be a contractor for up to a year, and the library system will pay her up to $190,000 for her services.
Chiang: Indianapolis to play key role in Purdue’s future as tech leader
The new president of Purdue University said Indianapolis serve as one “bookend” for a “63-mile-long hard tech corridor” stretching “all the way to Tippecanoe County.”
Q&A with Heather Haas, on moving from the classroom to the boardroom
Haas, president of Carmel-based Advisa, where she has worked for 18 years, leads a team of 35 people who work to help company executives build effective teams and improve their workplace culture.
Analysis: Jeff Saturday’s hiring ripples across stunned NFL
Cutting to the head of the NFL coaching line without any college or pro coaching experience put Jeff Saturday in the crosshairs of criticism and dismay across the league.
ANALYSIS: Jim Irsay has unleashed mayhem, misery in Indianapolis
Irsay’s antics suggest an owner hellbent on tanking for the highest possible draft pick next spring, and landing as many verbal haymakers as possible to the coaching and analytics community in the process.
Jim Irsay on mission to spread mental health awareness
The Indianapolis Colts owner, who has publicly battled alcoholism and addiction, has made it a personal mission to help people by breaking down barriers surrounding mental health.
Elevance, Cummins CEOs named to ‘Most Powerful Women’ list
CVS Health Corp. CEO Karen Lynch topped the list for the second consecutive year, followed by Accenture CEO Julie Sweet and Citigroup Inc. CEO Jane Fraser.
CEO’s decision to post crying selfie on LinkedIn doesn’t go over well
With more than 68,000 workers in tech laid off in 2022, many read Wallake’s post as privileging the chief executive’s pain over that of the employees being let go.
Q&A: Steven Emch on building next era of Indiana leaders
Steven Emch plans to grow the size of the post-graduate Orr Fellowship program without losing the culture that has connected its participants with some of the region’s most prominent and fastest-growing companies.
Hobie Billingsley, celebrated IU diving coach, dies at 95
Hobie Billingsley built the Indiana University diving team into a powerhouse, molded a legion of Olympic divers and trained a generation of instructors. Sports Illustrated once declared Billingsley “far and away the best collegiate coach in the country.”
WNBA owner, Anthem CEO among women athletes running businesses
Anthem chief executive Gail Boudreaux is among several female business leaders who say their background in sports has been a benefit in corporate leadership.
The pandemic was hard on office suck-ups. Now they’re back and ready to schmooze.
In a just world, the shift to remote work over the last two years would reward productivity and expose the slackers. But as corporations have been returning to business as usual, guess who can’t wait to get back to the office? Suck-ups, the co-workers we love to hate.
Cummins shareholders to vote on splitting CEO, board chair positions
An unnamed Cummins shareholder is proposing that the company separate its CEO and board chair roles, which are both held by Tom Linebarger. Cummins is recommending that shareholders vote against this proposal.
Colts establish coaching fellowship in Tony Dungy’s honor
The program in honor of the Pro Football Hall of Fame coach will provide the team with access to talented coaches while fostering and expanding the team’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Ad agency Young & Laramore gets first new CEO in 25 years
Tom Denari has been promoted to succeed Paul Knapp, who is stepping away from day-to-day operations at the agency for the first time since joining the firm in 1996.
Colts’ general manager hopes to address late collapse in offseason
Team owner Jim Irsay sent a letter to fans on Wednesday in which he described the playoff-eliminating loss to Jacksonville on Sunday as “perhaps the worst way possible” to end a season.
Smart can rewrite legacy by ending Georgia’s title drought
As Kirby Smart wraps up his sixth season as coach at his alma mater, the national championship football game will help determine his place in University of Georgia history. And once again, University of Alabama Coach Nick Saban is in the way.
Fearing the ax in 2022, CEOs sweat supply chain more than COVID
A new survey of more than 3,000 top executives found that supply chain, labor market and digitalization topped the lists of concerns for 2022.