"The C.F.O. is being looked to actually to be the definer of what's acceptable and what isn't," said E. Peter McLean, the vice chairman in charge of the financial officer practice at Spencer Stuart, an executive recruitment and consulting firm.
At the high end, Peter McLean, head of the financial officer practice at Spencer Stuart, a corporate recruiter, says that using certified public accountants (CPAs) as chief financial officers had been on the wane in recent years: companies favoured people versed in mergers and the Wall Street culture.
Smith saw an opportunity, and reached out to a handful of advisers, including Greg Welch, who runs Spencer Stuart's consumer goods and services practice, and launched the firm's Marketing Officer Practice in 2002.
Interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said in a statement that he was committed to ensuring the standards were part of his officers' practices.
In the new courses, officers practiced negotiating with "sheiks".
Thus did British officers practice spearing pigs in the days of the Raj.
In Queens, the officers practiced how to deal with a far higher body count.
The police, meanwhile, have been put on alert, with vacations canceled and officers practicing anti-riot maneuvers.
In the fire control center, Israeli officers practice tracking and intercepting incoming Scud missiles under various attack scenarios.
Inside the command-and-control center, known as the Cube, officers practice intercepting incoming missiles in simulations on large computer screens.
