AUGUST 2009

The Big Hurdle: Leadership After You

Leon Levin, Evolutionary Intelligence

Knowing when to step down, and to whom you should pass the leadership mantle, is one of the final big dilemmas for most business owners. Leon Levin has made a study of it, in family businesses where blood flows thick, to other private companies where merit is more likely a consideration in succession planning. So what are the main issues? Leon Levin offers much food for thought about who should follow the leader, plus the emotional traps during the decision -making process leading up to leadership hand-over.