A senior exec should by all accounts hit the ground running, you have very little top management and are really only bound, by law, contracts and culture Other

A senior exec should by all accounts hit the ground running, you have very little top management and are really only bound, by law, contracts and culture Other than those items you are the person that sets the tone for your division. Sure there are existing processes but if they suck you are the person that has authority to change them, if they are good, you should have the expertise to broadcast the results of said good process. I wholeheartedly agree with this article, when it comes to execs you cannot get rid of one that does not fit fast enough. But that is the funny thing, you can take a person with proven results, stick them in a different company culture and they just don't produce. They can leave that company, go to another with a different culture and succeed all over again. With senior executives it really is all about fit. I also agree with you, if you are burning and churning thru the bottom you have a serious culture problem and probably have some bad mid/senior management.