Let's say you inherited a multi-million dollar company. The company is doing okay. But it lags among its competitors.
The management is tired but you don't know how to reorganize the company. Besides, you now have a lot of cash and you want to take that world cruise with your family.
You have the budget to hire one superstar CEO. Someone to analyze and balance all the competing factors that impact the success of your new cash cow: the company, management, manufacturing or service structure, distribution, suppliers, labor contracts, marketing, competitors, foreign markets, new business opportunities, etc, etc.
The CEO you hire will demand autonomy for at least 4 years. You will not be able to fully influence his or her decisions.
You are given a list of names and—this is where we leave the real world for a second—they consist of:
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney
Michele Bachman
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum
Newt Gingrich
Herman Cain
Hell, let's throw in:
Barack Obama
Hilary Clinton
But is a business leader necessarily the right leader of a country?
How about a list of these names:
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Jimma Carter
Barry Goldwater
George H. Bush
George W. Bush
Please discuss among yourselves.
