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Leadership styles of this year's power players are well worth studying
No longer are CCOs and agency bosses afterthoughts in marketing and communications -- they are key to reputation and business strategies of all types.
Fast facts
Number ones:
2016:
Andy Polansky, Weber Shandwick
2015:
Dan Bartlett, Walmart
2014:
Martin Sorrell, WPP
2013:
Richard Edelman, Edelman
2012:
Jon Iwata, IBM
2011:
Leslie Dach, Walmart
2010:
Katie Cotton and Steve Jobs, Apple
2009:
Harris Diamond, Weber Shandwick
2008:
Richard Edelman
2007:
Richard Edelman
Power List veterans:
Richard Edelman and Jon Iwata have made it on every list since 2007.
New to the list - or back on - for 2016:
Sean Spicer,
Republican National Committee
Robert Gibbs,
McDonald's
Katrina Pierson,
Trump Campaign
Deirdre Latour,
GE
Joe Lockhart,
National Football League
Suzanne McCarron,
ExxonMobil
Dan Tarman,
eBay
John Saunders,
FleishmanHillard
Lauren Wesley Wilson
ColorComm
Michael Sneed,
Johnson & Johnson
Dale Bornstein,
M Booth
Bryan Specht,
ICF Olson