BY JOANN S. LUBLIN
MEDINA, Minn. -- Two weeks after Scott W. Wine became chief executive of Polaris Industries Inc. here on Sept. 2, he crashed one of its latest off-road recreational vehicles into a tree on a woodsy test trail.
The mishap bloodied Mr. Wine's lip and destroyed the $14,000 vehicle. "I was driving beyond my ability," admits the 41-year-old Naval Academy graduate with a boyish grin. "You have to expect the unexpected."
That has become an essential skill for the first-time CEO. Navigating a tough economy is difficult for any chief executive, but it's particularly rocky for a novice. Mr. Wine has ...
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