Robert Monks
CEO's Who Listen
Jack Welch once approached my partner at a party and said: "Hey, aren't you the ones who
make a lot of trouble for companies?" When she said we were, he replied: "Well, if you have any
problems with my company, I want you to come to me." Now, that's the kind of executive you want
running a company. A CEO who is willing to hear the problem is also one who can usually find the
answer. A really great CEO can make a mediocre business valuable and a good business
tremendously profitable. Before Welch got there, GE had blown the TV business, the computer
business, and the nuclear-power business. Today, GE is the only original Dow Jones company still
around. IBM is another example of what a CEO can do. Michael Jordan transmogrified Westinghouse
into an aggressive media company. Frank Cahouet is as much responsible for Mellon Bank today as
Mellon himself. As a shareholder-rights advocate, however, one thing I'd like to see in my
lifetime is an organization reflecting far greater female energy. In a global world, where the
power of business has become so large, we need leaders with restraint, a wider vision, a more
holistic outlook.
羅伯特.蒙可斯
CEO's Who Listen
杰克?威爾奇曾經在一次宴會上遇見我的合伙人并且跟她說：“你就是那個經常為公司公司提出一大堆問
題的人吧？”當我的合伙人回答說是的時候，他又說道：“如果你發現我的公司有任何問題，我希望你能來我
的公司就職。”這就是那種你期待中的公司的運營官。一個樂于聽取問題和意見的CEO同時也會是解決問題的
人。一個真正出色的CEO能使一家普普通通的公司發達起來，也能為一家好的公司賺取巨大的利潤。在杰克?威
爾奇到來之前，通用電氣公司已經開展了電視業務、計算機業務以及核能業務。如今，通用電氣公司成為唯一
的一家在原來的基礎上發展起來的道瓊斯公司。IBM是證明CEO作用的另外一個例子。邁克爾?約旦（Michael
Jordan ）將西部的公司建成了一個規模龐大的媒體公司。弗朗克?科歐依特（Frank Cahouet）在建設
MELLON銀行的過程中也作出了巨大的貢獻。但是作為股東權利的提倡者，一生中我最希望看到的一件事就是一
家能充分體現婦女創業能力的公司。在全世界范圍內的經營權廣泛的地方，我們需要的是一些有魄力的、有遠
見的、有整體觀念的出色的領導者。
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