Its a little dated... but I found this comment while surfing through author Orson Scott Card's website...
Orson Scott Card
"Eisner, Altoids, Brush-Ups and Asimov - Uncle Orson reviews everything
reprinted from Hatrack.com
So Michael Eisner is going to "retire" from Disney ... in 2006.
I guess he never heard of the term "lame duck."
If you intend to stay for two more years, you don't announce you're leaving. It makes it impossible for you to do anything significant for the years you're hanging on.
And if you have some compelling reason for announcing your retirement right now -- for instance, you're doing a really bad job and people hate you -- then don't just announce it, do it. Resign. Retire. Walk away.
But Eisner still has no clue. First he drove away Jeffrey Katzenberg, the guy who was actually making Disney a great animation studio again. Apparently Eisner thought the creative guy was replaceable, while the empty suit was essential.
Wrong.
And now, he emptied the suit even further. In fact, there's not even a suit. Just a chair. With a shadow in it. Or maybe just a stain.
Orson Scott Card
"Eisner, Altoids, Brush-Ups and Asimov - Uncle Orson reviews everything
reprinted from Hatrack.com
So Michael Eisner is going to "retire" from Disney ... in 2006.
I guess he never heard of the term "lame duck."
If you intend to stay for two more years, you don't announce you're leaving. It makes it impossible for you to do anything significant for the years you're hanging on.
And if you have some compelling reason for announcing your retirement right now -- for instance, you're doing a really bad job and people hate you -- then don't just announce it, do it. Resign. Retire. Walk away.
But Eisner still has no clue. First he drove away Jeffrey Katzenberg, the guy who was actually making Disney a great animation studio again. Apparently Eisner thought the creative guy was replaceable, while the empty suit was essential.
Wrong.
And now, he emptied the suit even further. In fact, there's not even a suit. Just a chair. With a shadow in it. Or maybe just a stain.