2011黯然离场的高管

自曝家丑，奥林巴斯新科掌门惨遭罢黜

    迈克尔•伍德福德在担任奥林巴斯（Olympus）首席执行官的短短两周内，发现了公司财务数据中一些令人不安的信息——公司高层可能隐瞒了高达15亿美元的投资损失。伍德福德向董事会提出了这个问题，随后就被解雇了，如此之短的在任时间连“新员工入职期”都谈不上。

    伍德福德被辞退后的一直大声疾呼，导致奥林巴斯在日本、英国和美国都遭到了更严厉的调查。就个人而言，伍德福德在此次职场惨败中已化被动为主动。他甚至暗示，他在等待机会重返奥林巴斯，从头再来。

Ignore the elephant on the balance sheet

    In his short, two-week term as CEO of Olympus, Michael Woodford uncovered some upsetting information about the company's financials -- it looked like executives may have been hiding up to $1.5 billion worth of investment losses. Woodford brought the issue to the board, and he was then fired faster than you can say the words "new employee orientation."

    He's been vocal since his dismissal, which has attracted increased scrutiny toward the company, from investigators in Japan, the U.K., and the U.S., Woodford, for his part, may have played this fiasco right. He's even hinted that he's waiting in the wings to return to Olympus for a second go of it.