David Rosenthal
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40,888 appearances
64 recordings
4 series
first heard Aug 2022
last heard 14 Sep
David Rosenthal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'm in.
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And then at the last minute, after they've already agreed on a deal for Nardelli to come in and be president and COO under Arthur, Nardelli calls the recruiter and has the recruiter tell the Home Depot board that he's changed his mind.
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He's only going to come on board if he becomes CEO right away.
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He's not going to wait.
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This leads to a awkward, shall we say, Home Depot board meeting where the board presents this new development to Arthur.
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He says, okay, I'm okay with it.
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Bob can have the CEO job.
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But deep down, he's not really okay with it.
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And part of it, I think, was...
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arthur not being ready to let go the other part of it i think was a genuine spidey sense that hey what is this last minute bait and switch from nardelli is this a red flag here
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Well, that's not what the board says.
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They take him at his word.
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They take him at his word.
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This leads to a big fight, like a big fight between Arthur and Bernie and Ken.
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As chronicled in Ken's book, I Love Capitalism, because Bernie's still on the board at this point.
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And I think pretty severely damages their relationships going forward.
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Regardless, the board does bring Bob in as CEO.
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Arthur resigns as CEO, but stays on the board for just a couple months.
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And within six months, he fully steps away and is gone from the company.
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We'll come back to Arthur all the way at the end, but...
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