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      "text": "Chronic Succession Failures: Spent 8+ years planning succession, extended Mr. Iger's contract 5x, then effectively admitted in 3 years they made a mistake",
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      "text": "05 | Kept Office and Pay: The Board paid Mr. Iger +$13mm more as Exec. Chair than it paid the new CEO; Mr. Iger reportedly \"didn't move out of the office he kept\" and \"called strategy meetings... without inviting the new CEO.\"",
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      "text": "04 | Obscured Accountability: Disney's Board appointed Mr. Iger as Executive Chair with authority over \"creative endeavors\" for a 2-year period - an unprecedented structure that obscured leadership accountability",
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      "text": "03 | Rushed Succession: ~1 year after the launch of Disney+, in 2020, Mr. Iger decided to expedite Bob Chapek's CEO interview process and recommended him as his successor - at a critical time in Disney's strategic pivot into streaming",
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      "text": "01 | Succession \"Plan\" Begins: In 2011, Disney's Board gave Mr. Iger his 1st contract extension through 2016 to \"provide for an effective, seamless succession\"",
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