Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big organization, to have to do that, I think, is a reflection on management, Of course there are always exceptional cases.
Source: Adventures of a White Collar Man.
-- Alfred P Sloan, Jr, (May 23 1875-1966), US auto executive; He was president of General Motors 1923-1937; founded the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1945.