Tears and Cheers
…With the Scissors, In the Corner Office
Get the Hell Out!
Bad Timing
Taking Care of Business
PART TWO
A Clandestine Game of Pick-Up Sticks
Simple Truths
The CEO Who Didn’t Love It Enough To Keep It
A Gift From Ed
The Architect and the CEO
Easton Transportation – Initial Approach
Executive Compensation – The Ripcord on the Golden Parachute
Easton Transportation – The Plane, The Plane!
Annual Review
Comp Gap 101
PART THREE
Thought Leader
What Happens In Vegas…
Get On Board
Health Care Country Club
Medicine Man
Security Matters – Monday Before the Announcement
Say It Out Loud
Security Matters – Tuesday
Security Matters – Friday
PART FOUR
In the News
Short Ride on the Gravy Train
Only the Dogs
In the News
Change in Control
In the News
The Pilot’s Story
For Your Eyes Only
Selling Park Place, Buying Decimal Place
The Last Meet Up
A Slice of the Pie
In the News
Pep Squad
Once Upon a Time There Was a Merger and Other Fairy Tales
In the News
Spinning Plates
Moving Day
Holiday Tradition
What Do You Give as a Farewell Gift to a Guy Worth Ninety Million Dollars?
The Easton Foundation
PART FIVE
Founder’s Tears From Heaven
Pink Slips and Parting Gifts
Elvis Has Left the Building
Dressed to Shred
Easton Transportation – Fate Unknown
Corporate Merger Countdown
CEO Email #1 – You Say Goodbye…
CEO Email #2 – I Say Hello
Gone Skiin’
Corporate Love in the Time of Merger
A Toast to Ed
The $2,300 Bar Tab
PART SIX
In the News
Easton No More
Monday Morning Hangover – The $22 Million Error
Twenty-First-Century Corporate Sampler
In the News
What Do You Give as a Farewell Gift to a Guy Worth Ninety Million Dollars? Redux
Grounded
Easton Transportation – Last Landing
The Hero’s Farewell
The Stuff at Iron Mountain
Are You Still a Corporate Pilot If There Are No Corporate Planes?
Tales of the Sofa
A Merry Christmas…
…and a Happy New Year
In the News
Peace of Mind? Passé
Tales of the Sofa, Too
In the News
Pot Luck
The eBay Chronicles
Bottle and the Damage Done
Tales of the Sofa – Down-Streamed
Easton Transportation – Final Flight
Postscript – Some Last Thoughts About Corporations as Employers
Post-Mortem
Author’s Note
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
PINK SLIPS AND PARTING GIFTS
Introduction
PART ONE
The End
The Beginning
SEC INFORMATION
On the Couch
First Responders
Breakfast Champagne
Jan McCarthy…
In the News – Cotton Candy Stock Market
The Ninety Million Dollar Man
Tears and Cheers
…With the Scissors, In the Corner Office
Get the Hell Out!
Bad Timing
Taking Care of Business
PART TWO
A Clandestine Game of Pick-Up Sticks
Simple Truths
The CEO Who Didn’t Love It Enough To Keep It
A Gift From Ed
The Architect and the CEO
Easton Transportation – Initial Approach
Executive Compensation – The Ripcord on the Golden Parachute
Easton Transportation – The Plane, The Plane!
Annual Review
Comp Gap 101
PART THREE
Thought Leader
What Happens In Vegas…
Get On Board
Health Care Country Club
Medicine Man
Security Matters – Monday Before the Announcement
Say It Out Loud
Security Matters – Tuesday
Security Matters – Friday
PART FOUR
In the News
Short Ride on the Gravy Train
Only the Dogs
In the News
Change in Control
In the News
The Pilot’s Story
For Your Eyes Only
Selling Park Place, Buying Decimal Place
The Last Meet Up
A Slice of the Pie
In the News
Pep Squad
Once Upon a Time There Was a Merger and Other Fairy Tales
In the News
Spinning Plates
Moving Day
Holiday Tradition
What Do You Give as a Farewell Gift to a Guy Worth Ninety Million Dollars?
The Easton Foundation
PART FIVE
Founder’s Tears From Heaven
Pink Slips and Parting Gifts
Elvis Has Left the Building
Dressed to Shred
Easton Transportation – Fate Unknown
Corporate Merger Countdown
CEO Email #1 – You Say Goodbye…
CEO Email #2 – I Say Hello
Gone Skiin’
Corporate Love in the Time of Merger
A Toast to Ed
The $2,300 Bar Tab
PART SIX
In the News
Easton No More
Monday Morning Hangover – The $22 Million Error
Twenty-First-Century Corporate Sampler
In the News
What Do You Give as a Farewell Gift to a Guy Worth Ninety Million Dollars? Redux
Grounded
Easton Transportation – Last Landing
The Hero’s Farewell
The Stuff at Iron Mountain
Are You Still a Corporate Pilot If There Are No Corporate Planes?
Tales of the Sofa
A Merry Christmas…
…and a Happy New Year
In the News
Peace of Mind? Passé
Tales of the Sofa, Too
In the News
Pot Luck
The eBay Chronicles
Bottle and the Damage Done
Tales of the Sofa – Down-Streamed
Easton Transportation – Final Flight
Postscript – Some Last Thoughts About Corporations as Employers
Post-Mortem
Author’s Note
About the Author
Acknowledgments
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