His wife, he says, was "really scared". "But I'd already put in my resignation," he says with a shrug, "and as of July 31 I was going to be without a job.
Louise Adler, MUP's CEO and the powerhouse personality behind the publishing house since 2003, has put in her resignation, along with four members of its board of directors including the chairman, Laurie Muller, the former NSW premier Bob Carr, the former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs, and Tony Peake, effective Thursday.
This is believed to be because his resignation would put in jeopardy the jobs of all his backroom staff.
After being assigned to follow the Skilling resignation, Emshwiller had put in a request for an interview, then scrounged up a copy of Enron's most recent SEC filing in search of any nuggets.
The playing duo were put in temporary charge last week following the resignation of Paolo Di Canio.
When Harold Wilson resigned in 1976, Allen was put in charge of the inquiry into how the "Lavender list" of proposed resignation honours was leaked.
When I heard the news of the pope's resignation, I thought of Celestine V's being put in Hell by Dante for making the "Great Refusal".
The England Saxons coach was put in charge of the senior side for the Six Nations - his first international coaching role - following Martin Johnson's resignation in November.
"A man makes a decision to put his resignation in, and everybody is up in arms," he said.
Smith then asked Hill to put his resignation in writing and the Board accepted it that evening.
I'd seen this play out many times before and learned the boss should never volunteer his resignation without first putting in place the things that would help the organization survive.
