Is The CEO ‘Turnover Cycle’ Deliberate?

A few months ago I took a look at the high turnover rate and short tenure of hospital CEOs in, CEO Turnover Drives New Competency Questions. That article got some great feedback from members, including something I hadn't thought of before. An OPEN MINDS Circle reader wrote:

Might another contributing factor to high turnover be the high pay-outs for a CEO when they leave, voluntarily or not? The more times a CEO can jump from organization to organization, he/she usually is given a huge severance package. If it is not voluntary, that fact doesn’t seem to . . .