Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership [Paperback]

John L. Ward Craig E. Aronoff (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0965101134 | ISBN-13: 978-0965101134 | Publication Date: August 1992 0

Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership * focuses on how a family firm's next generation of leadership can * effectively enter the organization and develop essential business * and leadership skills and experience. In its rich but readable pages * you'll learn: seven stages in successor development; skills and * attitudes required for leadership; how to lay the psychological * groundwork for success; what the young person should consider before * joining the business; how to construct a personal development plan; * how successors gain credibility and legitimacy; how to manage * succession when there are multiple family candidates; how successors * can effectively manage change; how the older generation can play a * positive role in the succession process; and much more... Another * Kind of Hero shows how successors can prepare for a job that doesn't * yet exist in a future that no one can clearly forsee. It is fast * reading and filled with real-life cases, practical tips, and useful * checklists. This volume also includes a valuable resource list for * successor development.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Questions of leadership succession are likely to be key strategic concerns for any enterprise going forward. Family owned businesses bring unique challenges and opportunities in this important question.  Preparing Successors for Leadership provides an extremely effective framework for thinking about and assisting family succession issues.  It will provide great insight both to family members and other leaders with whom they work."  —Ralph Christensen, Sr. VP, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO

 

“Preparing Successors for Leadership channeled our thinking about—now, our succession plans are moving smoothly ahead; one is complete and one is in progress.  Without the inspirational influence provided by John and Craig it is certain that we would not have carried out this planning half as well as we have."  —Barton S. Mitchell, E. Stewart Mitchell, Inc., Baltimore, MD and Superior Paving Corp., Gainesville, VA

 

“An excellent real life approach on how to pass the torch to the next generation—provides the critical questions that all family business owners should consider.  Preparing Successors for Leadership is not only a must read for family business owners, but just as importantly for their advisors."  —Louis Tuck, Warren Averett, Kimbrough & Marino, LLC, Birmingham, AL

 

 “An excellent guide to one of the most important issues family businesses face helping successors develop attitudes and abilities that maximize their leadership qualities.”  —Doug Brown, CEO, Fresh Products, Inc., Toledo, OH

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Craig E. Aronoff is Co-founder, Principal Consultant, and Chairman of the Board of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide.

 

John L. Ward is Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 66 pages
• Publisher: Business Owner Resources (August 1992)
• ISBN-10: 0965101134
• ISBN-13: 978-0965101134
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,952,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Want to build a legacy? Use this book !, February 6, 2005

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This review is from: Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership (Paperback)

I highly recommend all of John Ward's books about family businesses.