Jeff Kindler was pushed out of his job as CEO of Pfizer (PFE) in December because his “micro-micro-management” so alienated his executive team that some of them — including current CEO Ian Read and general counsel Amy Schulman — threatened to leave or retire rather than work for him, according to a masterful autopsy report in Fortune. While Kindler (pictured at right) was literally micro-managing himself out of his job, the board ignored warning signs that his decision-making was unsound, such as his approval of $300,000 in helicopter expenses for the HR chief.
