Topic: Barbara Walters

Directors of First Impressions

Cathleen Jivoin's title at Florida-based telecom developer Teltronics is director of first impressions. But instead of working solely as a glorified receptionist, her job is to set the right mood for everyone who walks into the ...READ»

Entrepreneurship: Ashley Qualls Takes Manhattan

Set your Tivo. Ashley Qualls, the 17-year-old wunderkind and founder of Whateverlife.com, is scheduled to appear on The View on Friday (after Diane Sawyer). Since our story on Ashley appeared in the September issue, her already ...READ»

Why It May Be Wiser To Hire People Without Meeting Them

When the economy finally turns around, you'll start hiring people again. You'll sift through dozens of impressive-sounding résumés -- who knew there were so many VPs in the world? -- and bring in the standouts for the ...READ»

• Talk Is Cheap

Norman Lear's Not Laughing

The creator of ''All in the Family'' built a nonprofit to celebrate socially responsible companies. Now the Business Enterprise Trust is dead. What went wrong?READ»

Let's Turn The White House Into A 'Passive House'

David White, an architectural energy technical consultant at Transsolar who I met while reporting environmental design stories, is a passionate advocate for the passive house movement. "German Passivhaus," which originated decades ...READ»

Bringing Good Insights to Life

An exclusive excerpt from an ad legend's new book on creating and sustaining business insights.READ»

Go to the Head of the Class!

Thanks to the Web, you can learn what you want -- when you want to learn it. From programming in a new language to talking the language of Wall Street, here's your online-curriculum guide.READ»

Ask Jeff Bezos

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

For Disney, the Story Not Told

The Disney shareholder showdown was as long as an epic. Too bad it didn't have an epic hero.READ»

As Always, We Begin With Fodder For Thought

Listen. Think. Communicate. Do. http://web.archive.org/web/20041030103328/www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/1999-12/analysis/ The Crucible Once They Were Four Young Military Aides Thrown Into Lyndon Johnson's White ...READ»