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Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership
by John L. Ward Craig E. Aronoff
Paperback - 66 pages 0 edition Vol 3 (August 1992)
Business Owner Resources; ISBN: 0965101134
Book Description
Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership focuses
on how a family firm's next generation of leadership can effectively
enter the organization and develop essential business and leadership
skills and experience. In its rich but readable pages you'll learn:
- seven stages in successor development;
- skills and attitudes required for leadership;
- how to lay the psychological groundwork for success;
- what the young person should consider before joining the business;
- how to construct a personal development plan;
- how successors gain credibility and legitimacy;
- how to managesuccession when there are multiple family candidates;
- how successors can effectively manage change;
- how the older generation can play a positive role in the succession
process;
- and much more...
Another Kind of Hero shows how successors can prepare for a job
that doesn't yet exist in a future that no one can clearly forsee.
It is fast reading and filled with real-life cases, practical tips,
and useful checklists. This volume also includes a valuable resource
list for successor development.
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