leaderCommunicator

AUGUST 14, 2013

According to Business Insider, last week AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong told Wall Street they’re cutting Patch – AOL’s local news network – websites from 900 to 600. As a next step, Armstrong got on a conference call with those 1,000 Patch employees with the intention of boosting morale and to talk about what’s next. And it’s all on tape.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

In August 2013, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced that AOL would be reducing the number of Patch websites. Soon afterward, Armstrong spoke to 1,000 employees on a conference call that was intended to boost morale and discuss the future. Armstrong ended up firing Patch’s Creative Director , Abel Lenz, in front of everyone.

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leaderCommunicator

AUGUST 21, 2013

It took AOL CEO Tim Armstrong 4 days to apologize for the firing of an employee in front of 1,000 other employees. Here are my thoughts about what might have happened (expletives have been removed): Senior leader to Tim on Monday: “You need to apologize to Abel for what happened.”. One has to wonder what took so long. Tim: “For what?

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