I'm not so certain that the resignation is a loud and clear "don't you dare," though. Career CEOs will land on their feet by finding a new business to champion. In the meantime, I'm fairly certain they would have been granted a monetary incentive to resign that's probably paying for a sabbatical in a nice resort somewhere before returning to work with a "new vision as a changed person." Perhaps that's just my skepticism leaking out though. Obviously none of us know the exact details of their departure. Perhaps you're even right.