> One of the Yahoo board’s hesitations upon hiring Mayer was her relative lack of experience as a manager. Something executives seem to not be able to understa

> One of the Yahoo board’s hesitations upon hiring Mayer was her relative lack of experience as a manager. Something executives seem to not be able to understand: Experience counts. Its one thing to ride the wave of success when you are in at the beginning. Its something entirely more difficult to right a large, floundering ship when you have never actually been captain.