CEO STEPHEN BROOKS ON WHY AND HOW HE REINVENTED GRAND HOMES For the first 20 years of Stephen Brooks’ tenure, Grand Homes was continually growing to the point of building 1,000 homes in 2003. Five years later the home building business in Dallas hit bottom. Along with the obvious economic pain, Grand Homes found itself [...]

Three CEOs shared their views on the 2012 economy on the campus of TCU in Ft. Worth in late October. The event was led by Dean Homer Erekson of TCU’s Neeley School of Business and Texas CEO Publisher, Pat Niekamp. Health Care Karen Kennedy CEO, Impel Management & Chief Administrative Officer, Medical Clinic of North [...]

ON A PATH TO RECOVERY OR IN THE IRONS? By O. Homer Erekson To a sailor, being aware of the direction of the wind is a key determinant of being able to make forward progress.  Sailing straight into the eye of the wind puts the boat “in the irons” and stops it dead in the [...]