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A Head Start on Succession
By: Joseph L. Bower
Our studies of CEO succession over the past several years have shown some improvements in the trends in CEO turnover, often resulting from outside pressures for improved oversight and better corporate governance. The next step in improving CEO succession—and ultimately...
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Investment Return;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Leadership Development;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Succession;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Bower, Joseph L. "A Head Start on Succession." Strategy + Business, no. 51 (Summer 2008): 84–85.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Passing the Mic: Career and Firm Outcomes of Executive Interactions
By: Wei Cai, Ethan Rouen and Yuan Zou
We exploit a unique feature of conference calls to study one type of interaction among executives—directly inviting colleagues to respond to analysts’ questions. We find that the frequency of initiating interaction is positively associated with an executive’s ability,...
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Conference Calls;
CEO Succession;
Executive Interactions;
Promotion;
Interpersonal Communication;
Personal Development and Career;
Retention
Cai, Wei, Ethan Rouen, and Yuan Zou. "Passing the Mic: Career and Firm Outcomes of Executive Interactions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-069, May 2022.
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Leading Successful Digital Transformation
of the business. Setting up a new independent unit is like launching a speedboat from a larger vessel-the speedboat may take off but it does not move the large ship. How to lead successful transformation: What's the best way to approach...
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- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
the business but can't lead. That's why the best CEO should be both an insider and an outsider, says Harvard Business School professor Joseph L. Bower in his new book, The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
In the frenzied, early months of a new venture’s launch, few entrepreneurs anticipate a future beyond their role as company leader. In “Founder–CEO Succession at Wily Technology,” HBS assistant professor Noam Wasserman and former HBS...
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- April – May 2008
- Article
The Leader Within: The Best CEO Succession Plans Groom Independent-minded Insiders for the Top Job
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "The Leader Within: The Best CEO Succession Plans Groom Independent-minded Insiders for the Top Job." Viewpoint. Directorship 34, no. 2 (April–May 2008): 52–54.
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
Successful businessmen told a roomful of students that ultimately, the world outside the classroom will be their best teacher in entrepreneurship. "If you are taking an entrepreneurship class, you want to be a venture...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?
(AdobeStock/Vincent) The return of Robert Iger as CEO of Walt Disney followed by a poorer-than-expected company performance has rekindled the debate about whether the decision to bring back formerly View Details
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by James Heskett
- May–June 2015
- Article
Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards
By: Edward Ludwig, Elise Walton and Michael Beer
The authors opine that ambitious chief executives (CEOs) of corporations need corporate boards which are also ambitious and accommodative of them. According to the authors good corporate governance and financial performance are the main requirements for good board-CEO...
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Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Succession;
Performance;
Corporate Governance;
Management Teams
Ludwig, Edward, Elise Walton, and Michael Beer. "Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards." NACD Directorship 41, no. 3 (May–June 2015): 56–59.
- 12 Feb 2015
- Video
Success Spreads like Wildfire
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Banking on Success
As president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s third-largest financial corporation, Jamie Dimon (MBA ’82) has a shot to prove whether the model of one-stop-shop for financial services really works. It’s a model he helped build at...
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Management
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
it's very much an owner saying, "I'm not doing this job well, I'm going to find someone who can do it right." Q: You've been doing a lot of work recently I know, Joe, on succession planning and the View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
bottom lines. The event, titled Collaborating Business Strategy with Local Communities, featured Peter Feigin, President of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Kevin Steiner, President and CEO of West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. Both shared their...
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Margie Kelley
- May 2005 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Henry McCance
Before he accepts the new CEO position, Dick Williams wants founder Lew Cirne to step down as chairman. While considering Williams' incredible demand, Cirne reflects on everything he has already given up to get Wily Technology to this point. He agreed to step down as...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Succession
Wasserman, Noam T., and Henry McCance. "Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology." Harvard Business School Case 805-150, May 2005. (Revised October 2007.)
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
In late February, Harvard Business School professor Bill Sahlman spoke with two former MBA students, Scott Randall ('87) and Glen Meakem ('91), to discuss their perspectives on organizing markets in a new and evolving economy and what they have learned along the way....
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
An Admirable CEO
With CEOs being viewed in a harsh light these days, Business Week (September 23, 2002) profiled six corporate leaders who “have built enduring U.S. companies without bending the rules.” Among them was Reuben Mark (MBA '63), chairman and...
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- March 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Describes the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process, one of the most intensive in corporate America today. The board of directors' role in the evaluation is examined, as is the question of whether the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process should serve as a model for...
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Performance Evaluation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Succession;
Management Teams
Lorsch, Jay W. "CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson." Harvard Business School Case 491-116, March 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- 18 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?
only related to the ratio of base salary and incentive pay. In terms of how the boards measured success (financial performance vs. other measures), board interlock didn’t seem to have an effect. Firms connected through compensation...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
recently published The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Writer Orna Feldman recently spoke with Covey. What explains the success of your 7 Habits books? Pain. People have broken relationships. They live in a mistrustful culture....
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