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Given the information provided in the article, this looks like a pretty typical founder scaling issue. Qualities that make a good startup founder are drasticall
by danbmil99 5y ago
Given the information provided in the article, this looks like a pretty typical founder scaling issue. Qualities that make a good startup founder are drastically different than the skills needed to manage a worldwide Federation of organizations.
Some founders anticipate this and hand off the Baton without much trouble. Others cannot conceive of the organization without them at the helm, and hold on stubbornly past the point when they are the most effective possible leader. In that case, a responsible board is compelled to find another chief executive, and that process can be very messy.
- xyzzy21 5y agoThis so much! Plus there seems to be some serious interpersonal issues. Most well-functional organizations have enough "adults in the room" to anticipate and address this kind of stuff. That's what made companies like HP work so well, pre-2000. There was a meta-awareness and self-awareness built into executive management for that.