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Internal Successions:
The role of HR
Marshall
Goldsmith
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Publications
Succession: Are You Ready,
Harvard Business Press,
February 2009.
How Not to Lose the Top Job,
Harvard Business Review,
January 2009.
CEO succession
a human process
Self interest
Ego
Emotion
Involving many key
stakeholders
Letting go is hard to do
Wealth
Status
Perks
Power
Relationships
Happiness
Contribution
Key learnings
No one to talk with
Three key success factors:
Meaning
Contribution
Happiness
Key relationships
in CEO succession
The CEO
Peers
Direct reports
Analysts / shareholders
Customers
The Board
The CEO
The lame duck issue
If the CEO doesnt like you it
probably wont happen
Managing the complexities of the
CEO successor relationship
The panic at the end of the process
Peers
The competition factor
The need to continue the
companys leadership team
The balance between not leading
and being too pushy
Direct reports
The unique challenges of the COO
The balance of turn around and
treat people with respect
When your direct reports are the
CEOs friends
Analysts - shareholders
How analysts can impact
succession
New activism
What about Carl or Kirk?
Balancing go for it and
honest projections
Customers
Transactional or relationship
How they can impact succession
The Board
The final vote
How miscommunications
occur
The Board member who
wants to be CEO