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CEO Succession 2000-2009:
A Decade of Convergence and Compression
Convergence and compression — these are the big-picture themes that emerge from our analysis of 10 consecutive years' worth of detailed data on CEO succession among the world’s top 2,500 public companies. This year's study also includes interviews with over a dozen CEOs from around the world. Their remarks reaffirm many of the study’s conclusions: The tenure of a CEO is becoming shorter and more intense, the margin for error or underperformance is narrow, and increasingly, CEOs no longer hold the chairman's seat in the board room.read more >

Lessons from the Trenches for New CEOs: Separating Myths from Game Changers
CEOs operate in a new terrain today. Financial and regulatory changes have altered demands on corporate leaders. Boards hold CEOs and their teams more accountable than in the past, and fewer CEOs also hold the position of board chair. How does an incoming CEO negotiate this new environment?read more >

Fast Track to Recovery: Leading Outside the Lines Can Turn Survivors into Winners
Harnessing the power of the human side of the enterprise—the "informal organization"— to maximize post-recession recovery efforts needs to start right now; it cannot wait for strategic planning, or corporate restructuring, or some other formal initiative.read more >

Capabilities-Driven Strategy

The power of coherence: A company's right to win in any market depends not just on external market positioning, and not just on internal capabilities — but on a coherent strategy that aligns them at every level.