As I was reading this line, I literally thought, "WTF? An answer like that, and you didn't push back any harder than that?!"

Masterful work. It's agonizing to think about how often the CEOs who really do the work get canned, and the ones who don't do the work just sail along on the illusion of their competence.

You are not just a good friend and colleague, you are a wise negotiator. I'm very glad that I happened to discover JG's Twitter feed tonight, by sheer happenstance, and it led me to this piece.