“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.
Very well said. Thank you
“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.”
Licht should have done what Elon Musk did with Twitter. Go scorched earth. But then again, Licht didn’t own CNN. CNN is still owned by the left. He was in a no-win situation.
“There is also a strong consumer demand for straight objective news reporting”
I like the SmartNews app that I have on my Android phones. Unfortunately, their headlines are often too short.
I removed the Epoch Times app because it offered a subscription on every click instead of content.