Maybe so, and yes he did take some scalps, but trickling them out over a year was a terrible strategy. He needed to have cleaned house at the beginning. His approach was like giving a patient half doses if needed medication, then being surprised when the patient stays sick
Scalps? Mark my words they will all be rehired. Nobody in the rat world where power and greed reside are ever thrown in the trash heap. Look at what’s her name Beetlejuice one of the worst mayors in history of that city was given a teaching position at Harvard. They know how to take care of their own, but over on our side of the fence we have the nasty habit of stepping on, destroying, chewing and spitting out our own people.
“He needed to have cleaned house at the beginning.”
You are 100% correct. I’ve seen new leaders walk in the door, take charge and clean house within 30 days. The organization that emerges is leaner and committed to the new program.
I’ve also lived through the long, drawn out agony Friday firings spread out over many months. In those cases the organization freezes. People fear for loss of their jobs and fear making recommendations or taking any risk. Decision making stalls and people focus on survival, not the welfare of the company.
CNN’s ratings are in last place after having invented and led the 24/7 cable news business for decades. Time Warner needs to find a strong visionary leader and empower that leader to totally reshape the network from content to people. With Fox moving left the “center right” positioning is wide open. There is also a strong consumer demand for straight objective news reporting, something which currently doesn’t exist in the 24/7 news channels.
Perhaps Licht wasn’t truly empowered by Time Warner so he took the cautious approach. Perhaps Time Warner executives want the network to remain progressive. If so, anyone taking the job is likely doomed.
One thing that is for certain. A committee cannot manage either a turnaround, or the stewardship of an organization facing a crisis. Clear lines of decision making and full accountability must be in place to manage an effective turnaround.
Agree. Also, he should have fired Anderson Cooper immediately after he went on air trashing the choice of Trump’s town hall. We know why he kept Lemon, but he at least finally let him go. I have no ill will of Licht - I was happy he wanted to revamp the network. He just didn’t have the knowledge or experience for the task.