1.) Brian tells his leadership team we need to make cuts and get leaner to compete
2.) EVPs and SVPs can't make a decision fast enough on who gets cut
3.) Brian acts decisively and uses Bain's recommendations, mostly based on cutting higher paid TMs (if you were on the wrong side of the median of your pay grade, you were a target)
4.). Brian's leadership team gets the point: if we don't act swiftly the next time there's a big decision, Brian will move without our input and we'll have to live with the consequences
5.). Good, but highly paid, TMs are let go... along with some average ones to throw off the scent. VPs and remaining directors are left to figure things out after the damage is done