... nature of work and leadership challenges while also providing organizations a practical tool for talent review processes, succession planning and leadership development practices. Design/methodology/approach This article presents a field study consisting of semistructured interviews with 45 leaders...

...‐ successor to initiate and facilitate the actions necessary to improve performance. While outsiders had a significant negative effect on performance, insiders had no significant effect on performance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Leadership Succession planning Gender Because...

...Joseph C. Santora; Rosemary A. Clemens; James C. Sarros Investigates the issue of succession planning and implementation for chief executive officers (CEOs) at philanthropic organizations. Provides a description, definition and classification for philanthropic organizations: family, operating...

... on a narrative originality, which, because of its repeated codification, has long since assumed its own unique reification. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Leadership Men Succession planning Women Though the use of narrative fiction and ancient mythology has become an important means in my...

.... Consequently, when it comes to executive succession, there is little that we know conclusively, much that we do not know because of mixed results, and even more that we have not yet studied. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Leadership Non‐profit organizations Personality Succession planning...