Pros
Hisham has put the company on pretty good financial foundations after the previous CEO and BoD (which shirked its duty and provided NO oversight) ran the company into near-bankruptcy. Along with some dubious financial twists to re-value the share price, those who own a lot of shares have seen their wealth greatly increase. There are still some great people who work for Golder, but they are increasingly leaving, retiring or being marginalized and stripped of any authority. Golder is turning into "just another company", where management rules and everyone else is expected to follow unquestioningly or get out.
Cons
The share price has been inflated a the expense of everything else, such as salaries, benefits, facilities, etc. Hisham brought his own management team in and they RULE everything. Home-grown talent is largely in the mid-management ranks, and not in control. Hisham's management style is not all that different from Trump's - "It's my way or the highway!". The company is not Principal-led anymore, despite the official fiction. Principal's have no authority, and are rarely consulted about anything. They are simply told earlier and in a little more detail of what Hisham and his cronies have already decided. The Board, as far as I can tell, simply rubber-stamps the decisions made by Hisham, and they go along with them, because they are all getting very rich on the stock. They now wear the Golden Handcuffs . He has bought them, as he has bought off most of the senior shareholders. This is how dictators maintain power. Shareholders are silent in front of all manner of abuse regarding salaries, benefits and their role in shaping a true employee-owned company's direction, because they don't want to lose their jobs (which means selling the stock), and hope to see Hisham push it even higher before he goes on to his next job in a few years.