Do you think that by focusing on growing the business is a poor choice of what the CEO should be focusing on? If I was the CEO of this, or any company, I'd be working by butt off growing my business, and let the pps be based on what I was able to accomplish along those lines.
Of course, I would work my butt off with my eye on putting a plan in place that would best result in accomplishing that growth, whether I could do it in one month or one year. If the bottom line is to actually end up with a successful ongoing and growing enterprise, should I be more concerned about that or whether a bunch of flippers of my stock are satisfied because I provided the appropriate prs that they require? That's a tough call for a CEO. That last sentence should be read as written, with tongue firmly planted in one's cheek.