Leading by example

Another post caused by neurons going rogue. Or by the two remaining sane shows on commercial U.S. TV?
NPR and PBS are totally sane, so much so that they drive their detractors crazy.

We have some vague recollection of journalists putting American CEOs to the test. Was it the Ford Motors CEO who actually did an oil change?

Which big IT company CEO didn't know what a floppy disk was?

Was it LPOD who couldn't code his way out of a paper bag, or are we confusing this with some other acronym?

We have seen people doing some great leading by example. The German roofer boss spent a half day up there with some of his crew and swung a mean hammer.

We saw the general go down in a foxhole. Afterwards, to his credit, he took the two grunts to the side for a nice chat. Which was followed by the grunts picking up the Tool, Digging, Manual again.

Now I remember. The water boarding, again. Does anybody have a video or a selfie of Dick C. going down on the board, grabbing the rag, slapping it on his face and grumbling: c'mon boys, let's do that?

Well, we didn't miss anything then.

Our thoughts are with the young project manager who once said: the engineers told me it took three days, can you believe my face when I found out it took them three hours?