Sorry. CEO's don't call the shots. At best they float ideas to the board but more often than not they implement the plans and ideas of the board.
I mean Richard Leigh Clifford is a good example. He runs one of Australia's most iconic brands and yet few people here would even know who he is. But ask people here who runs QANTAS and you will get answers ranging from that little Irish bloke or indeed people actually knowing that the CEO is Alan Joyce.
The truth is Joyce does pretty much nothing without it being a directive from Clifford.
I don't think the Lee and McKinna relationship would be much different.
Mckinna is on a hiding to nothing.