CEOs Quotes
At the time few experts in management and leadership realized the importance of innovation, creativity and originality. Another example of how far ahead of her times she was.
This quotation, in addition to posing a challenging political question, illustrates an oratorical technique that he was particularly good at. Instead of making declaratory and accusatory statements about the administration and their law enforcement record, he asks the question of how the actual outcome came about. The failure is then clear, and the accusation is made in the minds of many if not most of this audience.
Stickney was a maverick among Railroad executives of the time. He favored some regulation by the Federal Government and was opposed to the most flagrant abuses of the railroads.
The huge salaries paid to CEO’s in the early 21st century became a major political issue during the George W. Bush administration in the wake of the Corporate scandals like Enron and the failure of the Government to prevent these frauds. The tax deductibility of the huge salaries also attracted political attention at a time when Bush policies had created the largest deficits in the history of the world.
Like politicians, business CEOs almost always blame others lower down in the chain for their errors. (Politicians usually blame someone from the opposition of the opposition as a group.)
