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C/M/1513. Multimillionaire matchmaker: An inside look at CEO succession planning. Harvard business school case study.

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2010
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This paper analyses the Harvard Business School case study, “Multimillionaire matchmaker: an inside look at CEO succession planning” by David F. Larcker and Brian Tavan. Regarding succession planning in particular reference to the company Energy Corps the paper answers seven study questions. These concern the effectiveness of succession planning in organisations, the best model of succession planning to adopt, the role of lead time in selecting a new CEO, the nature of skills-and-experience profiles, key leadership and behavioural criteria, succession planning as a multi-person event and the role of job rotation. The attitude and actions of board members and the current CEO which discourage CEO succession planning are also discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: Succession Planning, CEO Succession, Management, Board, Horse Race, Inside-Outside, Succession Planning Models, Skills and Experience Profile, Leadership, Management, Energy Corps, Harvard, case study, lead time, job rotation, multimillionaire,

 
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