Ford's (F) miracle worker saved the company without resorting to bankruptcy or bailouts by doing what previous
leaders had tried and failed to do: change Ford's
risk -
averse, reality - denying, CYA - based culture.
Organisational
leaders are expected to be flexible and well - attuned to their environment, to possess extremely high EQ and IQ, be empathetic but willing to make tough decisions, and innovative but
risk -
averse when needs be.