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.
By sacking two of his underlings, Mr Wang has done little to deflect public anger.
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.
The new rulers smartly dismantled the late president's power base, promptly sacking 22 generals.
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She wants faster reforms, for example in energy, plus the sacking of incompetent ministers.
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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The terrible sacking of Jakarta and other cities in May has left more than physical scars.
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.
The sacking of top officials may be the result merely of one of China's periodic anti-corruption campaigns.
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It has uncovered a customs fraud, sacking the vice-ministers of the interior and defence in the aftermath.
Top of the list of opposition demands is the sacking of Vladimiro Montesinos, the powerful intelligence-service chief.
He can be loyal, sticking with Tampa head coach Tony Dungy for six years before sacking him.
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