Recommended Reading - Why Boards Pick the Wrong CEOs

BusinessWeek highlighted a Harvard Business Online article by Jay W. Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana entitled, Changing Leaders: The Board's Role in CEO Succession - Why boards pick the wrong CEOs. The timing could not be any better for such a piece. As high-profile CEOs face the ax companies (particularly their boards) need to be better prepared to find the right replacements to get their companies back on track. Both the edited and full version of the recommended article are worth a read.