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- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
proposed that "the board could tie the CEO's exit package with the grooming of a successor." B.V. Krishnamurthy said that "the ultimate solution may be similar to the job rotation concept of the Japanese companies in their... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
Bertram Gilman International, has to make a promotion decision. Should she choose the person she has been grooming for the position or another candidate recommended by central HR based on the firm’s promotions algorithm? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
people, the Holts, had owned mills throughout the state for a century, but when his uncle R.L. Holt died in 1923, it was Green’s father, Walter, who took over the remnants of his wife’s struggling family business. Their soft-spoken second son who introduced himself by... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurs Promise Signers - Alumni
(MBA 2017), Fuse Finance Benjamin Faw (MBA 2014), Advon Commerce* Bartosz Garbaczewski (MBA 2022), Amazon Guido Gaviglio (GMP 32, 2022), Rooftop Dev Daniel Gebremedhin (MBA 2012), Flare Capital Kiran Govindaraju (GMP 35), Aisiri Financial Matt Graham (MBA 2017), Rapid... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
research suggests that planning for CEO succession should be part and parcel of the way a company is managed. Grooming potential leaders is a process that takes years. It’s not an ad hoc event. The key elements in this process are the way... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
important responsibility—hiring the appropriate leader for the job: Companies are not grooming successors within the company. Many boards focus primarily on emergency succession in case something happens to the CEO, rather than keeping... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
candidates—one of whom may be suited to the increasingly demanding CEO role. The key? Groom "inside-outsiders." These leaders view their role through the lens of someone who just bought the company—unencumbered by the cognitive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
performance of an under-performing company than on grooming leadership within the company. A famous CEO was preferred over a low-profile CEO, as the former was seen as a boost to public and investor confidence—and share prices—fast. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
as the "crown prince of a Swiss industrial dynasty," Ernesto Bertarelli took over as CEO of his father's company, the Ares-Serono Group, right after graduating from HBS. It was a natural progression: his father, Fabio Bertarelli, had View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
social enterprise.” To a lesser degree, the FT also rewards schools that turn out MBAs with high-paying jobs in financial services, basing 40 percent of the ranking on salary growth three years out. Meanwhile, the paper’s editorial pages frequently have taken business... View Details
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
sacrosanct time for such discussions, as Philips Electronics' board does at annual retreats, is an effective practice: After one recent retreat, Philips decided to exit the semiconductor business, where it was losing ground. Individual directors also must not shy away... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
coming, and entered services. If you look at the store today, almost a third of PetSmart's sales are in services, things like grooming or hoteling—those sales aren't going away, they are not threatened by the Internet. And while the pet... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
has been to make the executives more accountable for spotting and grooming high-potential minority managers both in their own areas and across the business. Now that it's been made explicit that IBM executives need to watch for female and... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
years building P&G's Chinese operation rather than the core detergent business. IBM's Sam Palmisano was a champion of software and open systems at a time when Big Blue was essentially a closed-system, hardware-oriented company. To View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
are managed without leadership development as an objective; as a result, when the time comes to name a new chief executive, those firms turn to outsiders. The Leader Within: The Best CEO Succession Plans Groom Independent-minded Insiders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
traffic). New energy-efficiency laws focus on buildings, which produce about 75 percent of the city’s carbon emissions. From his vantage point as VP for sustainability consulting at Groom Energy Solutions in Salem, Massachusetts, Paul... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Tushman and senior lecturer Mike Roberts, opens with Jamie Houghton (MBA 1962), the great-great-grandson of the company’s founder, taking over the corner office of his family’s firm. After a grooming process begun at a Corning lightbulb... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
very appropriate phrase, wilderness. It was. My wife's American, so we moved to the US early ’91. It was devastating. My whole life was spent being groomed to run this family media company. And now that was over. So what do you do now? I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
he went on a trip he’d find a love note in his pajamas,” says Olsen. Despite Doriot’s singular talents, he was far from perfect. ARD should have never been incorporated as a publicly traded company. Doriot never groomed a successor to... View Details