Succession
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Looking Ahead
With the initial frenzy around the great Ballmer succession sweepstakes slowing down, lets look ahead at how things may play out: Timing I can’t believe this will take 12 months to resolve or that the company can afford to let it drag on that long. If the board can’t find a new CEO in three…
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Filling Big Shoes
via Flickr There is a lesson in the all-around thrashing Steve Ballmer has received in recent days about filling the shoes of the greats: don’t. Anyone who succeeds one of the greats -– be it Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Michael Jordan or Peter the Great -– is likely…