Originally Posted by
artemis
I (and others) would say Mr Key is the CEO type of manager, Mr English the CFO and Mr Joyce the COO. Senior corporate roles are largely about staying solvent, setting the direction, risk management and picking the right people for the heavy lifting. I suspect the current exec team in government has a pretty good handle on these, though it may not always be obvious.
One might disagree with running the company like a business but it does seem to be working fairly well in the circs (GFC, Christchurch, politics in general).
And there are different forms of intelligence.