Transitions at the Top: What Organizations Must Do to Make Sure New Leaders Succeed

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

When something takes as long to be shaped as has this book, the list of people who contribute time, criticism, and ideas is long. First, of course, are the people whom we've had the opportunity to help and the privilege to work with over the courses of our careers. They turned to one of us to help during a time of great importance to their careers and organizations. Some were chairpersons or directors on boards that were in the midst of or were preparing for a top-level handoff; some were CEOs expecting to pass the baton to a successor; some were in charge of human resources functions, trying to add value for the CEO, the board, and the successor plus strengthen the culture of their organizations all at the same time; some were ...