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G.M. Chairman’s Task: Bring Fresh Perspective
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Steve Rattner, Obama's senior auto advisor, was the one who suggested Mr Whitacre for this position , and felt he would be the right choice to bring fresh thinking to GM. Steve Rattner knew Whitacre, and after board leader Kresa met with him 3 weeks ago he felt that he would be an excellent choice to bring back public confidence in GM.
Edward Whitacre, the new chairman of GM (General Motors)
06/09/2009
Edward Whitacre is brought in by the Obama administration to lead GM's recovery. What sort of a man is he, and what do peers, experts and others think of him? Where is he from? A sleepy railroad town in Texas called Ennis where his father was alocomotive engineerfor 50 years, and who wanted his son to get the education that he himself had missed out on. Whitacre went on to Texas Tech in Lubbock mostly because it was $75 for tution. Through this story by Tim Higgins of the Detroit Free Press one can see the changes that are expected at GM. The kind of culture change where egotistical lead board members like George Fisher who called himself Eastman the Second at Eastman Kodak in 2008, is now the place where the throroughly informal with little ego Whitacre now walks around opnely talking to GM employees.
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