From the moment Mulcahy stepped into her job as CEO, in 2001, the Xerox board began discussing who would succeed her. Looking back on the long process of grooming and choosing her successor, she acknowledges the wisdom of having started that conversation a lot earlier than might feel comfortable. It allowed ample time to give the four candidates developmental responsibilities and visibility with the board. Meanwhile, Mulcahy sent honest signals to them about what the possibilities were if they didn't get the job, in an effort to keep their talent within the company. She felt that pitting them against one another in a classic "horse race" would be dysfunctional for Xerox. In July 2009 Ursula Burns succeeded Mulcahy, in the first woman-to-woman CEO handoff among Fortune 500 companies-and became the first African American woman to lead a large U.S. company. The board's confidence in her had been well established long before, and the final transition was accomplished without drama.

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商品番号：HBSP-R1010A

発行日：2010/10/1

登録日：2012/3/28