as promised milestones are not reached and become oh so dangerously near
CEO’s of companies will tell shareholders anything they believe they want to hear
in lieu of real results like sales, earnings, big contracts, or any real news to leak
they will resort to to mis-direction, and cliche ridden discourse called CEO speak
the lesson to be learned by this board’s posters and all readers
is we should invest our money, but not our trust in our leaders
because as is always the case; CEOs will say good things are coming soon
and regardless of reality and fact, they will promise you the moon
CEOs are not necessarily the only ones to blame for using this tool
for this is not an innate trait but something they had to learn in B-school
nevertheless, most corporate CEOs seem to take to lying like ducks to water
and as is so often the case the shareholders are blindly led to financial slaughter
the things they say are standard; although they may seem impromptu and varied
regardless of the numbers, share price, or that shareholders are getting buried
they say that there are big sales in the pipeline & profitability will be soon;
smirking, as they get in their new Benzes and rush to their tee times at noon
they may make new hires appearing to want to share the spotlight and fame
but when sales and earnings disappoint, there is now a new CFO to blame
when all fails he will swear he tried to save her, even resorting to praying to the lord
saying the economy was bad, the timing was wrong, and his hands were tied by the board
he looked so good on paper; Maxim and other companies also thought so
but before we hired Larry, should we have asked them why they let Larry go
truth is, the “E” in CEO means expendable, they come and go and are tossed aside
that's why they are so well paid, have golden parachutes, and are always grateful for the ride
