The Impact of Steve Jobs and Dale Orscholdt's Leaves

Executives like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Jim Donald embody the cause around which they build their companies. Successful succession is more than selecting someone with an appropriate skill set; it's about finding someone who is in lockstep with original cause. Great second or third course don't take the helm to implement their own vision of the future, they pick up the original banner and lead the company into the next generation.