The Big Human Resources News of the Day

Katie Couric? Big yawn. The big news yesterday in terms of pivotal personnel changes was the appointment of Alan Mulally as the new CEO of the Ford Motor Company. Mulally did a fantastic job restoring the success and prestige of an American icon, Boeing's commercial aviation division, while all sorts of turmoil and intrigue was swirling around the parent company. He rightly deserves to be top dog at a major, important American company and clearly Ford needs reinvigoration. It's a perfect match. I've bought a little Ford for the ole' retirement kitty, now get to work Mr. Mulally!

And Kudos to Bill Ford for finally realizing that he doesn't have the chops, albeit about two years too late.