There’s no “Jack Welch” these days. No one heralded as God-among-CEOs. Partially, I’m sure, because business has a low lower lowest rep during the mega-recession. Jack was a byproduct of good times; the market mostly went up during his 20 years at the helm of GE.
But if there were to be a Jack Welch today …
I’d consider voting for, or definitely would vote for, even ahead of Steve Jobs … Cisco’s John Chambers. He evaded the dot com IT bust. He’s re-tooled his now very big company on several occasions. He’s coming out of the recession aggressively. Etc. Etc.*
Funny, but I seldom see him singled out …
(*And what’s not to like about a Silicon Valley guy always caught by the camera wearing a super-sober suit?)