https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/21/16687222/disney-pixar-john-lasseter-leave-of-absence-sabbatical

Filmmaker John Lasseter, the head of Walt Disney Animation Studios and chief creative officer of Pixar, says he’s taking a six-month leave of absence from the company to address personal, unidentified “missteps,” according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.

The Hollywood Reporter’s story is based on an internal memo the publication obtained in which Lasseter said he’d recently had “a number of difficult conversations that have been very painful for me.”