General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said GM needs to go on the attack in his first companywide broadcast since becoming CEO last week.


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"He said, 'We're good right now, but we've got to get a lot better,' " said a person who watched the broadcast Wednesday. " 'We have this great opportunity because of this clean balance sheet to become an aggressor rather than a reactive company. We have to take an attack mentality.' " Akerson, GM's fourth CEO since March 2009, told employees he thought he could do more good for the U.S. as GM's CEO than he did in his career as a naval officer, said the person, who wasn't authorized to speak about the broadcast and declined to be named. Akerson, 61, also shared some personal details in the broadcast from the Renaissance Center. He said he voted Republican and talked of the football loss his alma mater, the Naval Academy, suffered on Labor Day to the University of Maryland, the person said. One GM employee asked Akerson to define character, based on a homework assignment the employee's son had this week.

Source: General Motors CEO Dan Akerson talks of 'great opportunity'

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