CEO Succession is a book written by Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden. The book is designed to aid companies in dealing with problems in executive recruitment. The book attempts to provide a guide for companies to maintain a steady flow of effective leadership within the organization when CEO succession becomes a necessity.
Currently, there are six book reviews written for CEO Succession by Dennis C Carey and Dayton Ogden at Amazon and most are saying great things about the book. Here are a few quotes:
Offering plenty of inside information and real-life corporate examples, the authors explore their ideas without resorting to fluff or to the dry, dull prose that often fills such books. Given their experience helping corporations choose CEOs and other executives, the authors know what they're talking about and understand the tricky issues involved in putting any advice into practice. Their book delivers what it promises, and given that it can be repetitive, it delivers on some of those promises two or three times
-- Rolf Dobelli "getabstract.com"
When considering the challenge of extending the benefits of a strong Founder or CEO to a future without that individual, CEO succession by Dennis Carey is an indispensable book.
-- Jason Baumgarten
While this charmingly written book is obviously written for CEOs and Boards of Directors, I found it to be highly relevant to other phases of life from high school graduation to being promoted.
From the best practices of business icons we can all learn a great deal about how to built a more lasting business, club, or school in addition to finding a happy approach to leaving something that has significant meaning.
-- A Customer
CEO Succession is precisely what companies, executives, and their boards need in today's highly volatile environment. By establishing the principles and best practices of succession in a highly readable way, Carey and Ogden provide a compelling roadmap for boards and top executives to follow to ensure that leadership continues unabated into the future.
-- James M. Citrin
An invaluable guide to this very difficult problem. Ogden, perhaps the world's leading expert in this field, makes a compelling case for deliberate long term planning, tailored to an enterprise's specific needs. His laserlike focus and penetrating analysis seem like a hidden national treasure.
-- P. Bonoff "Yaleman"
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