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(jīng)在一次宴會(huì)上遇見我的合伙人并且跟她說(shuō)：“你就是那個(gè)經(jīng)常為公司公司提出一大堆問(wèn)
題的人吧？”當(dāng)我的合伙人回答說(shuō)是的時(shí)候，他又說(shuō)道：“如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)我的公司有任何問(wèn)題，我希望你能來(lái)我
的公司就職�！边@就是那種你期待中的公司的運(yùn)營(yíng)官。一個(gè)樂(lè)于聽取問(wèn)題和意見的CEO同時(shí)也會(huì)是解決問(wèn)題的
人。一個(gè)真正出色的CEO能使一家普普通通的公司發(fā)達(dá)起來(lái)，也能為一家好的公司賺取巨大的利潤(rùn)。在杰克?威
爾奇到來(lái)之前，通用電氣公司已經(jīng)開展了電視業(yè)務(wù)、計(jì)算機(jī)業(yè)務(wù)以及核能業(yè)務(wù)。如今，通用電氣公司成為唯一
的一家在原來(lái)的基礎(chǔ)上發(fā)展起來(lái)的道瓊斯公司。IBM是證明CEO作用的另外一個(gè)例子。邁克爾?約旦（Michael
Jordan ）將西部的公司建成了一個(gè)規(guī)模龐大的媒體公司。弗朗克?科歐依特（Frank Cahouet）在建設(shè)
MELLON銀行的過(guò)程中也作出了巨大的貢獻(xiàn)。但是作為股東權(quán)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(xiàn)婦女創(chuàng)業(yè)能力的公司。在全世界范圍內(nèi)的經(jīng)營(yíng)權(quán)廣泛的地方，我們需要的是一些有魄力的、有遠(yuǎn)
見的、有整體觀念的出色的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。
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