Change of leadership is a big and important incident in the life of a company. As important as it is for the company, it is equally a difficult decision to make for the board of directors. Most of the big companies have a committee dedicated toward laying out a succession plan of the existing...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- From bad to good to stuck -- From bad -- ... to good -- ... to stuck -- What's different about senior roles? -- Complexity, humility and responsibility -- Power and politics -- A deeper crisis -- Re-thinking fundamentals -- Skill and intuition...