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Quotes About Tenure

In 1992, a US Fortune 500 CEO had a 36 percent chance of retaining his or her job for the next five years; in 1998, that chance was down to 25 percent. By 2005, the average tenure of an American CEO had dwindled to six years. And the trend is global. In 2011, 14.4 percent of CEOs of the world's 2,500 biggest listed companies left their jobs. Even in Japan, famous for its relative corporate stasis, forced succession among the heads of large corporations quadrupled in 2008.
~ Moisés Naím
Progress doubles our tenure in a vale of tears.
~ Peter De Vries
After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
~ Judges 12:11