FCA's new CEO

ShinerBock wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
CEO is only one person. There is still a corporate board and major stockholders that drive the best interests of any company. Actually, major stockholders are the ones that usually get their way and CEO's cave in to them. It just goes to remind all of us, everyone is replaceable. None of us are "THAT" important that we can't be replaced by someone else.

I would have to disagree with that. The CEO sets the tone, policies, and expectations of an organization which generally flows down hill through an organization. Yes, the board and stock holders have control, and will generally fire a bad CEO. However, just as you can have an average employee versus an exceptional one, an exceptional CEO can have a major impact from the top down.

Just ask the people at Ford who were there before and after Alan Mullaly. He turned Ford around from an organization that had rampant departmental fighting and animosity into a company that worked together to get through a very tough recession. His policies and holding people accountable was a big change from the "good ole boy" system set by the previous CEO, Bill Ford. I would recommend reading about it. American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

Mullaly isn't there now. I respectfully disagree with you. In as much as we are a Fords family (work at Fords), Mullaly might have provided steerage but The Ford family will always have the final say and control of the company. Always been that way.

He didn't turn Fords around, he changed the attitude of management. Nothing more. He's a good Euchre player too. I played 4 handed euchre with him, Bill Ford and my BIL at my niece's wedding in Plymouth.