The Head That Wears the Crown

We don't have to go all the way back to lear to find leaders bungling their succession plans. Jack welch anointing jeff imel to carry on his legend at g e didn't work out so well. Or kevin johnson, who had the bad fortune to be the second ceo to starbuck's chief howard scholtz. Those transitions oftentimes are the most difficult and the most critical transition that any company will go through.