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How CEOs Who Don’t Want To Go Should Think About Succession
In a recent Forbes interview, Cowen Partners Executive Search President and Founding Partner Shawn Cole addressed a critical challenge facing many organizations—CEOs who aren’t planning for succession, even when they should be.
“Do you want your legacy to be total chaos when you left, or when you passed away, because you didn’t plan for a successor?”
Cole identifies key warning signs that it’s time to start planning: when the business is evolving faster than the CEO can keep up, when the role has become more figurehead than full-time leader, or when the internal talent pipeline has weakened due to strong candidates leaving for opportunities elsewhere.
Read the Forbes interview HERE
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