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by satvikpendem 1248 days ago
Indeed, laying off the CEO too screws over the entire company, not just the portion of people who got laid off.
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The only people who even notice a change of CEO are the other execs.
Not really. CEOs can make or break a business if they start enacting bad policies in the company. So the employees will notice too, not just other CEOs.
Most CEOs are quite disposable.
That’s a bold claim, and is more than anything a reflection of the sorts of orgs you tend to interact with.
Most executives fail when achieving a new C-level rank: https://www.businessinsider.com/reasons-executives-fail-2015...