Good point, kls. It is definitely my side of the post.If you ask the CEO, his side would be: I joined the company when there was nothing. I brought immediate value bringing with me, the VP. of Eng., and VP. of Marketing. You were the problem - you didn't let him do his job, and in the name of filling gaps, and acting as if you know all the answers, you made him fail. Then, the second VP. of Eng., yes, we rushed into it bringing him, and he really was inadequate. You were the one who approved the second VP. of Eng., and it was only for the purpose of you finding someone who you could work with, I bought into it, knowing fully well that he may not work out. As you know, you and I agreed that he needed to develop in certain areas, and I gave the feedback to him (as a proxy for you), except he thought it was unfair, never going to work out and quit.
Of course, the above conversation hasn't happened, but that's how I would reconstruct his version of the events. Which brings us to your request for me to "self-reflect and see if there were some issues on my part". Hard to self-reflect, but I do agree that as a big stakeholder who cares deeply about the success of the business, I may have tended to assert my view. Which is why the current third VP of Eng. is left to run things without interference from the rest of the exec team. I hope he succeeds, the business succeeds, and the CEO succeeds.
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Good point, kls. It is definitely my side of the post.If you ask the CEO, his side would be: I joined the company when there was nothing. I brought immediate value bringing with me, the VP. of Eng., and VP. of Marketing. You were the problem - you didn't let him do his job, and in the name of filling gaps, and acting as if you know all the answers, you made him fail. Then, the second VP. of Eng., yes, we rushed into it bringing him, and he really was inadequate. You were the one who approved the second VP. of Eng., and it was only for the purpose of you finding someone who you could work with, I bought into it, knowing fully well that he may not work out. As you know, you and I agreed that he needed to develop in certain areas, and I gave the feedback to him (as a proxy for you), except he thought it was unfair, never going to work out and quit.
Of course, the above conversation hasn't happened, but that's how I would reconstruct his version of the events. Which brings us to your request for me to "self-reflect and see if there were some issues on my part". Hard to self-reflect, but I do agree that as a big stakeholder who cares deeply about the success of the business, I may have tended to assert my view. Which is why the current third VP of Eng. is left to run things without interference from the rest of the exec team. I hope he succeeds, the business succeeds, and the CEO succeeds.