It's Incredibly Stressful When A New CEO Comes In To Clean House

For all of the positive things that come from a new outside CEO: fresh vision, a new strategy, and renewed optimism, it's an incredibly scary time for the top executives at a company. Especially when the previous leader leaves under pressure, there's a tendency to want to clean house. A recent example is Marissa Mayer, who let go Yahoo's CMO and CFO. Ron Johnson replaced nearly every one of the top executives at JC Penney after taking over. The Wall Street Journal cites statistics from leadershi...