When the President and CEO Switch Places  Two reasons it might
make sense for two founding execs to try on different hats for a
while.  Management and tech circles raised a collective eyebrow
yesterday when collaborative programing site GitHub announced
its president and CEO would swap places.  At its face, the move
allows the president-turned-CEO and vise versa to focus on other
ends of the business. By shifting into the president seat, Tom
Preston-Werner gets to shift his focus toward the companies R&D
side. New CEO Chris Wanstrath gets the opportunity to blaze the
path forward and set strategy for the company.  What's the
Point?  In their announcement, the duo said the shift isn't that
big of a deal.  They said the company's hierarchy and use of
titles has always been fluid. And Preston-Werner and Wanstrath
were both founders of the company, so this is not the same
situation as, say, a founding CEO hiring a more polished leader
and graduating into something of an executive emiritus position.
Still, I can