In 47 years you meet a lot of CO's. Being that my parents were missioanry wanna be's they were very chummy with CO's,DO's and such.
I agree with your assesment. In the past these guys were dynamos. Great speakers, movers and shakers...today, no so much.
In the last 10-15 years we had a series of newer CO's who were very "milk toasty".
Basically, they are number crunchers. They go around to audit the records. Motivating and comforting the "flock" is no longer relevant.
changeling