Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership

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 manage * succession 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.