When a new boss comes in at the top and shakes things up, new ideas, new ethos and demanding performance it usually brings two types of responses. Some rise to the challenge and perform better then even they thought possible and others are resentful, refuse to change and grow and end up either being fired or leaving. It happened at a company i worked for when a new Senior Director came in, a lot of people who had been cruising and underperforming but were part of the furniture and drawing big salaries were given a chance and if they didn't buck their ideas up were out of the door. Some did, some didn't, the ones that didn't went, the ones that did got well looked after. The new guy was hated for a while but the result was our division reported quarter on quarter growth for 9 quarters, some of that during the recession. Ultimately directors aren't there to be liked, they are there to get results and the best out of the staff.