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• Where's the Leadership?
  Since when is "I was too occupied digging in the weeds in other places to bother" a valid excuse for the CEO of a company to be held personally responsible for malfeascance? Maybe if he were the COO. But certainly not as CEO. This is the difference between being a manager and a leader!
  
  This sorry saga demonstrates that HP's issues are deeper than operational improvements (i.e. layoffs, cost cutting, salesforce reorg, etc.) can address.
  
  Hurd has proven adept at cutting costs and squeezing employees into delivering for the quarter. Both at NCR and HP he is unproven as a positive moral and ethical force. Whether his actions (or the actions of people in his employ) violate the law or not, the CEO should be held personally responsible for failing to set the right moral example for the company.
  
  His performance to date should have no bearing as to whether he remains CEO or not. Leaders accept personal responsibility (and the fallout that comes with it). Hurd should resign.

  October 1, 2006

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