So your business doesn’t have rules and contracts? If the board of directors fires the CEO—quite rare—do you think they have any legal grounds to perpetually stay?
Do you think the business would be in good standing if the CEO violently tried to stay, after a legal vote of
no confidence?
There’s a reason why CEOs and business leaders don’t really make it to the Presidency.
You don't like it because you don't understand how upper management thinks, that's why you want to go back to being an IC.
You have to understand upper management to protect your teams.