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TRIAL BY FLOOD
It was August 2016. A massive tropical storm was slamming into Baton Rouge. As the torrential rains subsided, I got a distressing call. Bill Borne, Amedisys’s founder and my predecessor, was missing.
Just 20 months into my tenure as CEO, I was still wrestling to get a toehold in the organization. Despite heroic efforts including my walkabout, I still had not won our employees’ hearts and minds.
We were doing better operationally and financially, but the company was still caught in a declining death spiral. As the company malingered, it was still trying to decide who was its true leader. I was a first-time Yankee CEO with no experience running a publicly traded company. I was competing for legitimacy against Bill’s legend. Bill ...
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