Don't leave until you've been paid. Or else, you'll be coming to visit me.
It's hard to believe he relied on what others told him. It's clear he is a decisive person who kept his own counsel, listened to others up to a point, but made his own decisions.
It will be like trying to chop down a sequoia.
In the current environment, it's fashionable to accuse departing executives of misconduct in an effort to avoid paying their severance.