[teeray]

> How is this responsibility defined?

If it were truly taking responsibility, the CEO approving layoffs would have a 28% chance of being laid off too.

[dzikimarian]

Surely random leadership change will help remaining 72%.

[FrontierPsych]

Very well could be the case.

Also, who said it would be a spin-the-wheel random choice.

I'm sure the board of directors can go through a search to find another CEO, whether internal or external.

But the CEO, the leader, should have some skin in the game as well. That's what real leadership is about.

[dzikimarian]

Well, usually huge part of compensation is tied to valuation of company. Isn't that skin in the game?

[paulryanrogers]

Considering the track records that may be better than the good ol boys club shielding each other from these cuts

[dzikimarian]

What track record you're talking about? Last time layoffs of this size hit the market was about 15 years ago. Through these years average compensation in IT steadily rose, usually faster than market.

[paulryanrogers]

Performance of executives, especially the 'professional' MBA class.

[dzikimarian]

Can you please provide a concrete example?