Title: Founder's Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer -- and Can Recover
Headings: Founder's Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer -- and Can Recover
Founder's Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer -- and Can Recover
Introduction
Table of Contents
Preface
Founders' Syndrome: During Tenure of Founder
Transitioning to a New Chief Executive
Appendix A - Procedure for Transitioning to a New Chief Executive
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Preface
Founders' Syndrome: During Tenure of Founder
A Typical Problem Among Small Organizations
Some Troublesome Traits Among Founders
Typical Traits of Well-Developed Leaders
Basic Principles in Developing Leadership
Actions Boards Must Take
Actions Founders Must Take
Actions Staff Might Take
Summary
Transitioning to a New Chief Executive
Founder's Syndrome: When New Chief Executive Replaces Founder
Symptoms Depend On Nature of Founder
Typical Symptoms
Actions Boards Must Take
Actions New Chief Executive Must Take Before Taking the Job
Actions New Chief Executive Must Take After Taking the Job
What if Founder Left Organization in a Mess?
Appendix A -
Procedure for Transitioning to a New Chief Executive
Current Chief Executive's Notification to Board
Confidentiality
Board Preparation
Administrative Preparation
Interim Coordination Between Board and Staff
Hiring the New Chief Executive
Orienting the New Chief Executive
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Content: As a result, the organization remains managed, not in a manner that provides reliable services to customers, but according to the personality of the founder. · Often, the organization experiences the same problems over and over again. For example, plans are not implemented. Money keeps running out. Board and staff members quickly come and go. The organization struggles from one crisis to another. No one really seems to know what's going on. People become afraid of the founder. · Founders Syndrome is no one's fault -- no founder sets out to damage their organization. Besides, the syndrome rarely takes hold without numerous members of the Board and staff exhibiting symptoms of the syndrome.