AFTERWORD
Back into the Storm
Almost immediately after I retired as CEO of Amedisys, the company began to decline precipitously.
I received lots of advice about how to be a good ex-CEO. Since I remained board chair, I was intent on removing myself from day-to-day management responsibilities. No new CEO wants the old CEO hovering nearby. My board was particularly sensitive on this issue and advised me to give my successor a wide berth. Apparently, many thought I was a forceful and dominating presence. They didn’t want my presence to limit my successor’s ability to run the company.
I didn’t believe this would be a problem. I was ready to retreat from the daily grind. I had worked closely with my replacement when he was Amedisys’s Chief Operating ...
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