United Technologies shocked the business world Monday when it announced its CEO of the past six years, Louis Chenevert, was abruptly retiring and would immediately be replaced by their longtime CFO, Gregory Hayes. What’s interesting about the move is not necessarily that a longtime CEO abruptly left a company that generated $62.6 billion in revenue in 2013 or the rumors that go along with that. Or even the person who replaced him, Hayes, who has served as the company’s CFO since 2008. What’s interesting about it, at least from an HR perspective, is how commonplace the hire was. Hayes, a …Read more »