Tanz, whose past executive stints were at LivePlanet, the Michael Eisner-backed Vuguru and AOL Time Warner, was steeped in the traditional custom of secrecy around dealings with recruiters. While putting on his coat to head to the event, Tanz got a call from a recruiter from Facebook, asking him to come in for an interview. When Netflix reached 100 million global subscribers in 2017, a party to celebrate was held at the Shrine Auditorium, with Adam Sandler performing. Tanz recalls another unusual aspect of this transparency. (The company’s lexicon - “keeper test,” “highly aligned, loosely coupled” and so on - gets a workout in the book, with “freedom and responsibility” even being shortened to “F&R.”) That directness is cited as proof of the company’s commitment to “sunshining” information, with written and verbal feedback moving up, down and across the company. The point of the story is how casually Sarandos shared it and other critiques of his performance “like he was reading a list of food to buy at the supermarket,” in Tanz’s description. “There should be more listening and understanding on both your parts.” “Your ‘old married couple’ disagreements with Cindy are not the best role model of exec interchange,” the staffer wrote to Sarandos.

(She is not identified by her full name.) Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who teamed with Holland and others to stock Netflix’s programming war chest, candidly shares a “360” assessment by a colleague about the pair’s interactions, as recounted by VP Content Larry Tanz. Netflix Shakeup: Cindy Holland Exits As Bela Bajaria Is Named Global Head Of TVĬindy Holland’s stunning departure on Tuesday after 18 years at the streaming giant appears to have an echo in the book.

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