Thursday, June 25, 2009

Succession: Are You Ready?

Behavior. Prolific author and prominent executive coach Marshall Goldsmith presents a candid and plain-speaking guide to CEO succession in a new book in the Memo to the CEO leadership series from Harvard Business Press titled Succession: Are You Ready? Goldsmith structured his compact message in the form of memos on the key elements in succession: preparing yourself; helping select a successor; coaching the successor; and passing the baton. In each area, Goldsmith focuses on behavior and encourages CEOs to see the human aspects of succession in themselves and in their potential successors. Conversational in style, this is a quick book to read, filled with good advice that will take time for anyone involved in succession to absorb. While targeted to CEOs, managers at other levels in organizations will find practical and useful advice to apply in their own succession plans.

Rating: Three-star (Recommended)

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