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> had cancer followed by twins. We reassigned the CEO title, thinking with heads over hearts.

This sounds like the person was punished for being sick and then having kids. Am I reading this wrong?

Depends what happened to their compensation and stake in the company (hopefully nothing); in that state it's harmful to both parties to keep the CEO responsibility on someone who's going through that much.

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