Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Democrat CEO & a Republican CFO please

I just read an article about poverty being at its highest rate since 1994 (16 years for those who lost count). For working adults ages 18-64 it's the highest since 1965 (45 years). This is super frustrating for someone who has always been a social democrat but is slowly becoming a fiscal republican. I believe that as a "world power" the US should be able to support people in our own society because part of being a "world power" is being smart enough to take care of your own and then helping others. That's the democrat part. I have also worked my entire career in the high tech sales and marketing world. And I have been with companies that have had to close doors, I have see friends let go because budgets dried up. I have had to annually beg for budget to do what I think is right, but had to justify for the business. Based on all of that, my bipolar existence, this is what I suggest:


Democrat CEO: The person who is in charge, the one that has the final say, the one that leads the team to success through organic and strategic growth. Making sure that everyone is taken care of, that people are working productively to continue to help the economy grow.


Keep in mind, great CEO's do one thing really well. Hire great people. So, our Democrat CEO hires the smartest CFO who will drive the organization to operational excellence by cutting costs and analyzing what's working, getting the most out of contracts and vendors all while making sure that the CEO still sees growth. And, I gotta be honest, the smartest CFO is probably a Republican.


Let's make it happen. The time has come. Because we should be able to afford to take care of our people and keep them out of poverty.