Website Lead from the front, or manage from the grave?

In the past couple of months, several companies have gone through extreme and very public upheaval. Such transitions offer opportunities for fundamental, board-led change for the better, but they are also fraught with significant risks. Recent developments at RIM and Yahoo help illustrate three pitfalls: “managing from the grave,” sequence and timing, and misplaced suspense.

Managing from the grave

One of the big risks at a time of transition is that those who leave the helm of the company are tempted to “manage from the grave,” being more concerned about their own individual legacy than that of the company.

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