As chief executive officer of America Inc., Barack Obama has walked the factory floor when it comes to managing the federal response to the Gulf oil spill, going directly to front-line workers.ffxiv gil,
He's used wiles respected in the boardroom in wringing a $20 billion commitment from BP.
But what was that talk about kicking butt? That's so assembly line Ford Motor Co., circa 1930.ffxiv gil,
And why on Earth did it take him so long to talk to BP's chief? A real CEO would have had Tony Hayward on the phone in a New York minute.
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The president is not, of course, the head of a company. He's accountable to the public in ways a chief executive is not to shareholders. Governance and politics differ from effective corporate management while sharing certain qualities.