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"In an attempt to maintain the momentum at Amtrak, while finding a permanent CEO candidate, the board has appointed Mr. Boardman for one year, but will conduct a search in the coming months for a permanent CEO," said Board Chairman Donna McLean. One year!  He will be a caretaker of the status quo at best.  He will not be able to implement his or anyone else's vision for Amtrak.  He'll be gone just about the time he gets a grasp of the ropes.  I spent more than 40 years in management with Fortune 250 organizations.  They are complex.  I don't care how much experience Mr. Boardman has; it will take him at least six to nine months to figure out what is going on and what needs to be changed.    The Amtrak Board members, as well as his direct reports, will be lukewarm in their support of Mr. Boardman.  The board will say all the right things, i.e. we support you, but they will be busy looking for his replacement.  And his direct reports will probably keep their distance waiting for the permanent CEO to come along.  He will have a tough time building a committed team.  Oh, he will get compliance; it is the nature of the corporate beast, but there is a huge difference between compliance and commitment. Too bad!  Amtrak needs a tough CEO, like Jack Welch, to develop a rational business model, i.e. focus on quick, frequent, reliable, comfortable, and economical corridor trains, get out of the long haul business, implement a pricing model that covers at least the operating expenses, streamline management, force the unions to improve productivity, etc.  Don't worry!  As long as Amtrak remains a political creature, which it will, there will be no meaningful changes.  Irrespective of what Mr. Boardman says!  Moreover, someone like Jack Welch would not  waste his time with Amtrak.
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