麦当劳CEO谈退休：“这是最佳时机。”

    你认为多恩的任期会跟你有什么不同，既包括他的领导风格，还有他可能面对的外部因素？

    每个人都有自身的风格。我认为多恩的管理风格会跟我有所不同。他往那一站，你就可以感觉到他是一个更有魅力的家伙，他对幽默的理解跟我不一样，其实很少有人跟我一样。他现在才48岁，我出任CEO时已经60岁了。我的生活、我已经完成和经历过的事情与他是完全不同的。因此，多恩将以不同的视角看待事物，处理问题的方式跟人们可能不太一样，但促使公司业绩持续改善这一根本着眼点是不会改变的。

    我想，性格方面的差异总是会有的。但多恩将迅速成熟起来。真正成为一位CEO之前，人根本捉摸不透如何当一位CEO。当然，我们可以每天观察别人如何做这项工作，但只有自己真正坐上这个位子的时候，才能感受到肩头沉甸甸的责任。就麦当劳这个特例而言，有170万员工在等着你下一步的行动。只有真正出任这家公司的掌舵人后，才能感受到那份责任。

    译者：任文科

    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.