Hulu掌門人為何拒絕雅虎橄欖枝？
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????“誠如外界所報道，詹森?基拉爾曾經是雅虎CEO搜尋委員會的熱門人選。但他已經很有風度地拒絕了雅虎的美意。” ????對方還只是在考慮，他卻連機會都不給。我們暫且不論他的決定算不算愚蠢。很明顯，這種好事很少有人會拒絕。如果我說我正在考慮邀請亞伯特?普候斯（亞伯特?普侯斯為美國職棒大聯盟的著名棒球手——譯注）加入公司的壘球隊，他是肯定不會拒絕的。 ????那么Hulu到底要傳達什么訊息？下面是幾種可能性： 1. 基拉爾根本不希望得到這份工作。他在Hulu過得很舒心。據報道，去年雅虎開出20億美元的收購價，但Hulu對此不屑一顧。至少，在Hulu，基拉爾很清楚自己所面臨的問題，而如今的雅虎，在許多人看來，已經成為一個絕望的無底洞。 2. 基拉爾希望得到這份工作，但他預感到成功的可能性不大。因此，這是一種能保全面子的理解。目前的主流觀點是，列文森自從接任斯科特?湯普森以來，表現一直很出色。而且，就在今天，雅虎成功解決了與Facebook 的專利爭端。要知道，列文森已經是雅虎在過去十二個月內任命的第三位CEO。雅虎基層是否還能接受領導人第四次變更呢？也許正是因為基拉爾意識到這些情況，因此，他正竭力給外界造成一種印象：是他自己決定主動退出，而不是被棄用。 3. 基拉爾并沒有退出競爭。這種理解就是所謂的雙重保密招聘理論。基拉爾目前還是Hulu公司的CEO，畢竟在得知自己公司大無畏的領導人計劃跳槽的消息之后，很少有公能夠繼續保持良好的發展勢頭。所以，表面上，他正式宣布退出，實際上背地里仍沒停止接觸。如果雅虎向他提出工作邀請，他就可以面帶愧色地向Hulu員工解釋，他拒絕過雅虎，但現在他們給出的邀請令人根本無法拒絕。 ????讀者朋友有何高見？ ????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓 |
????Earlier this morning, there appeared to be two finalists for the Yahoo (YHOO) CEO job: Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and Hulu boss Jason Kilar. ????But now there is only one, as Hulu just issued the following statement: ????What does "graciously declined" really mean? ????"As has been reported, Jason Kilar has been a focus of the Yahoo CEO search committee. He has graciously declined to be considered." ????First, let's leave aside the obvious silliness of someone declining to be considered. Pretty sure that's not really something you can decline. For example, I'm considering Albert Pujols for my company softball team. Come on Albert, try to stop me. ????So what exactly does Hulu mean? Here are a few options: 1. Kilar just doesn't want the job. He's happy at Hulu. You know, the company that reportedly spurned Yahoo's $2 billion acquisition offer last year. At least he knows the business issues he faces, rather than diving into what many believe is a bottomless pool of despair. 2. Kilar wants the job but saw the writing on the wall. This is the face-saving option. Popular sentiment is that Levinsohn has done a good job since taking over for Scott Thompson, including today's news that Yahoo has settled its patent dispute with Facebook (FB). Moreover, he is the company's third CEO in the past 12 months. Can the rank-and-file really handle a fourth change in leadership? Maybe Kilar came to these realizations late, and is trying to make someone else's decision look like his own. 3. Kilar is still in the running. This is the double-secret recruitment theory. Kilar is still CEO of Hulu, and few companies do well upon hearing that their fearless leader is looking to switch teams. So he officially pulls out, but keeps back channels open. If he gets an offer from Yahoo, then he sheepishly tells the Hulu troops that he tried telling Yahoo no, but then received an offer that he couldn't refuse. ????You got an alternate theory? |
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