Responsibility Starts at the Top

Several years ago, I attended a press luncheon given by a large, publicly held company that provided print services. By chance I was seated next to the company's CEO, who spent half of the lunch bemoaning the fact that he had to impress a bunch of analysts with his leadership skills. His reason for complaining was that the analysts had never managed a company and weren't capable of running one, so who were they to hold him accountable?