Thanks, Chris,
I acknowledge your hard work in putting together both posts. I will take my time to respectfully answer as many of your questions, as possible, in the next day or two.
I would like to clarify my statement first of all, as in these HC posts comments placed out there, sometimes require clarification or expansion upon, if asked, and if not fully understood. So based on that, I acknowledge the accounting profession as an honourable profession and the numbers guys have saved me a lot of headaches when I have conducted/requested forensic audits in the past on businesses.
I also acknowledge your comments above. Yes, there are 'leaders of industry' who have accounting backgrounds, but these guys also have vision and marketing savvy. I feel from my past experience [for reference to my comments] as having been a Fortune Group Development Trainer that I was very aware of the difficulties experienced with businesses where the guy in charge, leading the company, had limited exposure to all areas of the business.
Commenting on your examples of good business leaders, I acknowledge their primary focus in Economics but they also exposed and sought further training in Retail Practice and Corporate strategies; understanding how to be visionaries, basically. Harvard churns out great business leaders.
Take
Rob Scott..he was Wesfarmers Managing Director of Business projects in 2004 - 2006. He was also enrolled in Harvard University's Advanced Business Management program in 2010. Rob undertook courses and got experience in managing all areas of business.
Let's look at
Brad Banducci...he studied Law in New Zealand in the 1980's and also attended UNSW Business School. From 1991 - 2005 Brad was Head of Consumer and Retail Practise for Australia and New Zealand
Matt Comyn...this is an example of a guy running a bank..but Commbank does have a Retail Division.
Similar to Rob, Matt attended Harvard Business School in 2007 and undertook their General Management program.
Each of these guys had a vision, it seems, for greater things that required experience both in theory and practice. All three are doing a pretty good job thanks to their background experiences.
This is an interesting read, even though an older reference.
https://www.toolbox.com/finance/fin...ntants-make-horrible-business-leaders-021511/But it does go somewhat to what my experiences had been prior to my accident, in supporting my comments. These are just opinions and now qualified a little more with some background clarification.
Cheers..Chris.
