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To: add925
Accountants-turned CEOs are the dregs of industry.

I'm with you, Add. I cringe whenever I have to deal with a corporation led by bean counters. Find a CEO that was once out in the field selling and my confidence level in that company climbs rapidly.

26 posted on 09/26/2005 1:38:31 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: Cagey; add925
Accountants-turned CEOs are the dregs of industry.

I'm with you, Add. I cringe whenever I have to deal with a corporation led by bean counters. Find a CEO that was once out in the field selling and my confidence level in that company climbs rapidly.

I agree with both of you. Accountant based CEO's only look at "what will this cost me to make/produce/whatever" while a CEO with other experiences will think, "by producing this, what can it make me". Two completely diametric viewpoints and one leads a profitable company with long term growth potential while the other looks to expend all company assets for short term increases in the bottom line until all assets are gone and the company must be broken up and parceled out to satisfy creditors.

52 posted on 09/26/2005 3:40:41 PM PDT by Surtur (Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)
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