[charlie 22]

Originally Posted by SD1too

This is an interesting discussion. I’d say that Tesco’s decline began the day that Terry Leahy departed. I heartily recommend his book: ‘Management in Ten Words’ (which are truth, loyalty, courage, values, act, balance, simple, lean, compete, trust).

The book is easy to read, does not contain accounting jargon or meaningless rubbish like ‘blue sky thinking’ and ‘step change’ and is in paperback for just a few quid (publisher Random House).

Simon

I strongly disagree, I experienced his running of the company first hand and when he left the company with a golden hand shake the aftermarth was a company that nearly went bankrupt.