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I think it's true in general: keeping the old guard around only helps if the new leaders aren't having good ideas, but then it's a screwed situation anyway, as
by makeitdouble 2y ago
I think it's true in general: keeping the old guard around only helps if the new leaders aren't having good ideas, but then it's a screwed situation anyway, as the whole succession plan is botched and you get the Disney drama.
On the other side, if the successors are decent but go in a direction the old guard doesn't approve of, it creates an overly tense and conflictual situation.
I see very little upside TBH.
- klelatti 2y ago> keeping the old guard around only helps if the new leaders aren't having good ideas Combining fresh ideas with experience is a bad idea?
- makeitdouble 2y agoWe're talking about high level executives who crushed whatever opposition they had to get to the top of the pyramid. They're of course good at collaboration as well, but they don't look to me like the type to enjoy someone watching over their shoulder and whispering advices to their ears.
- MBCook 2y agoIn Apple’s case the leadership learned a ton of important lessons from being the scrappy underdog that was always fighting to succeed. And they shouldn’t forget those. But those same ideas and strategies may not work as well when you’re the biggest company in the world (or close). So I think either they’re in the tension you describe at the end of your comment, or they’ve taught the new generation the old ways so they’re not trying to change things enough.