Wyman

"A Loews source at the time said that Larry Tisch would be “an in- terested director at CBS but “is not going to tell CBS how to run its business. ^ It was true that Tisch preferred to have the right people running his business, rather than run them himself. Tisch said he liked being far enough removed from daily operations to have an overall view that comes in handy in the decision process.” He was happier managing money than managing people. Now the question was: Was Wyman the best person to run CBS? In the past, Bob Tisch would take the hands-on approach in answering such management questions, but so far, CBS’s board had made it clear they didn’t want more than one Tisch involved at CBS. At the first hoard meeting he attended, in November, Tisch posed tough ques- tions that tended to focus on Wyman’s management skills."

"Joyce was homing in on what he called “the Tisch factor.” It worked like this: Tisch wasn’t telling anyone what to do. He was merely asking questions, but the questions clearly indicated disap- proval. Who were all these people and what were they doing besides wasting money? Wyman and Jankowski saw which way Tisch was moving and sought to anticipate and please him. They had to figure that getting along with Tisch would enhance their own security. In that evolving environment, lower-level positions like Joyce’s had no more security than a summer job."