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This is a hypothetical question: given the public information Ellen Pao was going spend a couple of weeks on this trial, plus a lot of other distractions that c

This is a hypothetical question: given the public information Ellen Pao was going spend a couple of weeks on this trial, plus a lot of other distractions that came with the trial, would the Reddit board have been biased if they had not picked her as interim CEO, with the reason being that she might not have devoted enough time and mental effort to running the company?

sukilot 12y ago
It's a hard problem. Good leaders get crushed by forces outside the business, and it's not always practical to say "take a vacation or downshift duties for a while". Personally I have a low faith in outsider CEO hires anyway, though