The Hero’s Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire.

First edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's The Hero's Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire; lengthily inscribed by him

The Hero’s Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire.

SONNENFELD, Jeffrey.

$175.00

Item Number: 121305

Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1988.

First edition of Sonnenfeld’s in-depth work on executive succession. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author in the year of publication, “To Yandy, Congratulations on your heroic contributions – especially in pulling this joint conference off. Best wishes, Jeff.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Complete Artworks, Ltd. Author photograph by Richard A. Chase.

Filled with inside stories from corporate boardrooms and fresh conceptual perspectives, Sonnenfeld's The Hero's Farwell describes in rich detail the factors that affect executive succession, focusing for the first time on the critical role a CEO's departure style plays in helping or hindering the transfer of power. "An insightful and imaginative book exploring an important but hidden side of leadership... A model analysis of how the human and the strategic sides of business are connected (Rosabeth Moss Kanter). "Each time I read this book, I come away more excited and informed... Marvelous stuff - and writing" (Warren Bennis).

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