PJ Neal

Thoughts from a more-than-occasional writer

Leadership Pipelines

  • Family Enterprises Die When Leaders Won’t Let Go [Russell Reynolds Associates]

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    A staggering 70 percent of family enterprises fail to pass to the second generation, and 88 percent fail to make it to the third. Too many family matriarchs and patriarchs refuse to answer the question “who comes after me?”—ignoring the reality of their own mortality, or falling into the delusion that they’re the only possible…

  • The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most [Harvard Business Review]

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    2 min read

    For a long time, whenever companies wanted to hire a CEO or another key executive, they knew what to look for: somebody with technical expertise, superior administrative skills, and a track record of successfully managing financial resources. When courting outside candidates to fill those roles, they often favored executives from companies such as GE, IBM,…