It appears there’s growing speculation among Toyota employees regarding whether Akio Toyoda, the company’s president and CEO, can effectively navigate the auto maker through its recent recall debacle. In a Wall Street Journal article, reputation specialist Shin Tanaka questions the company’s “reactive” handling of the crisis and maintains that the “CEO has to be there to deal with it.”
Can Toyota CEO Lead Company Out of Crisis?
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 | More Automotive & Transportation · Blue Current Japan · Crisis Communications · Reputation Management
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