Which is why sacking the boss ultimately comes down to the judgment of a firm's directors.
He also expressed his regret at the way the sacking of Phil Davies occurred.
He is resisting sacking some of his most trusted lieutenants, though he may have to.
"Far from vindicating the sacking of Mr Gormley, it does the opposite, " he said.
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The ostensible trigger was the sacking of the Free Democrat economics and transport minister, Istvan Csillag.
In response to his sacking, Mr Stewart said he felt he had been made a "scapegoat".
Fund managers, who are doing about as badly as anybody else, are also sacking analysts.
Another prominent paper, Izvestiya , took a similar line, saying Primakov's sacking promised "no upheavals".
The government has sought a reckoning, by sacking officials in charge of nuclear safety.
But there is a cultural reason too: in Japan sacking people is just not done.
Lord Williams had no problem sacking the hereditaries but he wanted them replaced by elected members.
McBride and Fraser took over the reins at Mourneview Park after the sacking of Terry Cochrane.
When sacking staff or retrenching, bosses must follow long and complex procedures to the letter.
Kuala Lumpur's exchange controls and the DPM's sacking have pretty much shot down such plans.
In Greece there is a law against sacking government workers solely on grounds of poor performance.
Hague turned him down, just so he could have the pleasure of sacking him instead.
Sacking crooked-seeming officials has, for the World Bank, become a precondition for resuming lending.
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Unfortunately, the sacking of Stephen Coughlin is not only a scandal in its own right.
The sacking of Social Security Secretary Harriet Harman is the biggest surprise of Tony Blair's first reshuffle.
It is often stated that Prime Ministers don't like sacking people, especially those they consider their friends.
As sacking becomes more common, it changes other aspects of the relationship between chief executives and boards.
He can be loyal, sticking with Tampa head coach Tony Dungy for six years before sacking him.
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Despite his sacking, Dalglish said it had been an "honor and a privilege" to manage the club again.
Dalglish's sacking comes following talks in Boston with the club's principal owners, John W Henry and Tom Werner.
However Brabin feels his sacking was a decision made solely by Rolls, not the board as a whole.
At the perfect moment, Willis shot full speed through the hole, sacking Manning 2.9 seconds after the snap.
On November 24th Parisian papers reported rumours of the imminent sacking of Edwy Plenel, Le Monde's executive director.
The trio worked together at the Walkers Stadium for 15 months, ending in their sacking in January 2006.
The sacking comes less than two hours after Brian Laws was shown the door by Lancashire neighbours Burnley.
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