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Assess Your CEO’s Strategic Fit Over Time

Harvard Business Review

Nardelli’s background and personality were a perfect fit for that challenge and he delivered some of the company’s most profitable years. But with the infrastructure and discipline in place, the company needed a leader who could drive innovation-based growth. Ballmer took over, and excelled at, a Box 2 challenge.

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How Microsoft Avoided the Peter Principle with Nadella

Harvard Business Review

For finishers, he will have to change its treads—redirect its strategy—while barreling down a highway with no map for what lies ahead. When George Buckley served as CEO for innovative manufacturer 3M, he actively encouraged rising stars at the company to serve on outside boards, join quarterly analyst calls, and work directly with the media.

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