CEOs typically do not just quit, say Peter C. Fusaro and Ross M. Miller, co-authors of
What Went Wrong at Enron (John Wiley & Sons). “A quitter can not endure the years of struggle required to reach the top...It is virtually unheard of for a CEO to quit for undisclosed personal reasons after only six months on the job.” When Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling resigned August 2001, that was a sign. Something was amiss.