Eric Schmidt, the soon-to-be-former CEO of Google, will not stay long in his new position as the company’s “executive chairman,” whatever that is. How do I know? He’s too smart not to fly GOOGS for a new challenge.
Here is what I mean. In 1997, Schmidt left his position as CTO of Sun Microsystems to head networking giant Novell. What he didn’t anticipate was that company was in dire trouble, and his first job would be leading it through a massive turnaround. Here is the incredibly smart thing he did. He went hunting for the smartest people in the company to make sure he could a.) keep them at Novell, b.) listen to their insights on what was wrong and what needed to be done.
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Author: Sean Silverthorne
