The founder’s exit

Leaders almost never leave too early. We leave too late. The cruellest part: the person overstaying was once the best tool the enterprise had.

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This week the national carrier announced yet another leadership transition. An acting chief executive stepping down, the company secretary stepping up in an acting capacity, a substantive search promised.

Our founders' forum lit up. One member traced the cycles of which discipline gets the corner office: legal ruled once, gave way to finance, marketing and operations, and now returns. Another argued the business needs start-up energy at the top, not a steady hand.

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