You&#x27;re right that the CEO&#x27;s goals may not be the idealistic goals I&#x27;m thinking of. The goals I had in mind were: be honest with your employees about something terrible and show them, don&#x27;t tell them, that you valued their service to the company.<p>Judging by the contents of this email: the goal might be to confound or confuse counter-arguments to the decision, limit the damage PR-wise (and stock wise), and above all, insulate the new executive staff from a groundswell of anger&#x2F;hatred from the bottom.<p>My instincts as a writer, and maybe a bit as a human being, is that you shouldn&#x27;t try to fool the people who support you. If the author of the email (probably not Dorsey) was a stronger writer, and perhaps free of some pressures, I&#x27;d like to think he or she could have both been fair to those under him or her, and also protected from their wrath.<p>I too would be very interested in seeing historical examples of leaders forced to write messages explaining tough decisions. Would you happen to have any?