Microsoft’s Frankly Speaking Thompson Guides Quest for CEO: Tech
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Weeks before Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced plans to retire, lead independent director John Thompson spelled out the board’s responsibility in an on-campus interview.
“Ours is not a role where we devise the strategy,” Thompson told Microsoft’s internal Channel 9 site on Aug. 7. “Our role is really to say, ‘Here’s what we think about what we’ve heard, here’s what we like, quite frankly, here’s what we don’t like.”