That's not true - there's been great non-founder CEOs promoted from within and great outsider CEOs in history. Actually, you really want one of those in a crisi

That's not true - there's been great non-founder CEOs promoted from within and great outsider CEOs in history. Actually, you really want one of those in a crisis that your current team hasn't been able to dig itself out of. First to come to mind is Lou Gerstner, who turned around IBM. I read his autobiography about the experience - crazy stuff. He was up against so much built up gunk and bureaucracy, that only an outsider could've broken. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_V._Gerstner,_Jr.#IBM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_V._Gerstner,_Jr.#IBM http://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Dance-Inside-Historic-Turnaround/dp/0060523794 http://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Dance-Inside-Historic-Turnar...