not sure about the case here, but a common executive play I've seen at bigcorps is: 1. take credit for what was in-flight when you came in 2. kick off massive p

not sure about the case here, but a common executive play I've seen at bigcorps is: 1. take credit for what was in-flight when you came in 2. kick off massive projects which you can't possibly be around to measure before you bounce to the next gig 3. switch roles / bounce and blame it on your successor (if anyone bothers to follow up / ask)