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Someone like Winston Wolfe [1] would be a good choice for #1. "I solve problems" Alan Mulally of Ford would be a good choice for type 2. He's a strategic thi
by chiph 13y ago
Someone like Winston Wolfe [1] would be a good choice for #1. "I solve problems"
Alan Mulally of Ford would be a good choice for type 2. He's a strategic thinker, works within the system, and has done a great job at Ford getting them to build good cars again. He had the luxury of time to make his changes work, something that Microsoft, with it's cash hoard, does as well.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPsHKpti48 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPsHKpti48
- mathattack 13y agoWould Mulally be able to make the technical decisions required? Could he point the company in the right way? Gerstner was able to get away with being a non-technical CEO because job one was being decisive. When he moved strategically, it was to become a services company. He didn't need vision on the industry. Mulally is also 68. How long would he stick around? By all means I think Alan Mulally is one of the world's top CEOs. But is the right CEO for Microsoft?