麥當勞CEO談退休：“這是最佳時機。”

????你認為多恩的任期會跟你有什么不同，既包括他的領導風格，還有他可能面對的外部因素？

????每個人都有自身的風格。我認為多恩的管理風格會跟我有所不同。他往那一站，你就可以感覺到他是一個更有魅力的家伙，他對幽默的理解跟我不一樣，其實很少有人跟我一樣。他現在才48歲，我出任CEO時已經60歲了。我的生活、我已經完成和經歷過的事情與他是完全不同的。因此，多恩將以不同的視角看待事物，處理問題的方式跟人們可能不太一樣，但促使公司業績持續改善這一根本著眼點是不會改變的。

????我想，性格方面的差異總是會有的。但多恩將迅速成熟起來。真正成為一位CEO之前，人根本捉摸不透如何當一位CEO。當然，我們可以每天觀察別人如何做這項工作，但只有自己真正坐上這個位子的時候，才能感受到肩頭沉甸甸的責任。就麥當勞這個特例而言，有170萬員工在等著你下一步的行動。只有真正出任這家公司的掌舵人后，才能感受到那份責任。

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????How do you think Don's tenure will differ from your own, both in terms of his leadership style and also the external factors he might face?

????Everybody is going to have their own style. I think Don's style will be different from mine. Just in terms of his presence, he's more of a charismatic guy, he doesn't have the same sense of humor that I have -- few do. He's 48 years old. When I came into the job, I had just turned 60. My life and what I had accomplished and what I'd already lived through was just different. So Don will have a different view of things, handle things a little bit differently relative to people, but the fundamental focus of continuous improvement will not be different.

????There will always be, I suppose, personality differences. But Don will mature quickly. You can't figure out how to be a CEO until you are one. You can look at it every day and watch someone else do it, but until you're sitting there by yourself and you feel the yoke of responsibility, and, in this particular case of McDonald's, 1.7 million people waiting for your next move, you don't feel that responsibility until you get it.