There is a great deal of hype around the power of chief executives to create change. More often than not, though, chief executives are products of their times, rather than the other way around. The hype serves mostly to justify huge pay packages. Sergio Marchionne, on the other hand, deserved to be called a leader. He had a vision of what needed to be done to return a troubled company and industry to health, worked relentlessly to realise it, and brought many others along with him. His death leaves a void at Fiat Chrysler and in the auto industry.
有大量關于首席執行官們革新能力的炒作。不過，更多情況下，首席執行官是他們所處時代的產物，而非相反。炒作主要是為了證明他們值得天價的薪酬。然而，塞爾焦?馬爾基翁內(Sergio Marchionne)卻是一個當之無愧的領導者。他設想了如何令陷入困境的公司與行業復蘇，并堅持不懈地努力實現這一目標，還凝聚了許多志同道合的人。他的離世給菲亞特克萊斯勒(Fiat Chrysler)和汽車行業都留下了一個空白。