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Terry Prone: Ten traits that make Kevin Bakhurst the leader RTÉ needs right now

Decisive, communicative, and the opposite of self-obsessed — like a latter-day Molly Brown, RTÉ's new director general is striding through the chaos, propelled by his excellent habits
Terry Prone: Ten traits that make Kevin Bakhurst the leader RTÉ needs right now

RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst joins a handful of people who came into their own in similarly chaotic circumstances.

Standing in the wreckage of RTÉ’s reputation, slope-shouldered from the weight of his computer bag, Kevin Bakhurst joins a handful of people who came into their own in similar circumstances.

One of them was “the unsinkable Molly Brown,” a passenger on the Titanic who took control of one of the lifeboats after the sinking and did a remarkable job of motivating the other survivors with her.

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