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Home Unimprovement: Was Nardelli’s Tenure at Home Depot a Blueprint for Failure?

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After years of a declining stock price Home Depot announced the resignation of CEO Robert Nardelli on January 3. Wharton faculty members and other experts say Nardelli a talented former executive at General Electric who came within a hair’s breadth of replacing Jack Welch as head of the giant conglomerate brought the wrong toolbox to the job after he was recruited for Home Depot’s top spot in December 2000. With strategic missteps an outsized compensation contract and a knack for alienating employees and shareholders Nardelli turned out to be a star-crossed leader. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.