The measure of a good CEO is their ability to oversee an operation that “doesn’t speak finance” and/or to staff the executive ranks with people who can translat

The measure of a good CEO is their ability to oversee an operation that “doesn’t speak finance” and/or to staff the executive ranks with people who can translate priorities into terms that can be reasoned over financially. When a company fails to do this the blame lies with the executive leadership, not the operational employees on the ground. This is supposed to be the reason executives are well-paid.