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		<title><![CDATA[The Sad State of CEO Replacement: Scapegoating and Savior Chasing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=3285]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On November 9, the CEO of the Innovation Group, a $200 million U.K. insurance software company, was unexpectedly fired by his board, who also announced they'd retained an executive search firm to find his outside successor.Â  The company had consistently increased sales, cash, its average deal size, and its reputation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:15:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sorrell Again Discusses Succession at WPP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FT did a Q&A with WPP WPPGY chief Martin Sorrell that revealed a couple of things he's apparently sensitive about: His age and his successor. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:27:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Could WPP Chief Sorrell's Successor Be Lord Stephen Carter?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/10002665/could-wpp-chief-sorrells-successor-be-lord-stephen-carter/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Blatherskite, a British web site, is speculating that lord Stephen Carter could be in line to succeed WPP chief Martin Sorrell. BNET noted that WPP was planning for his succession back in May. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:29:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you hang onto your brightest young talent and prepare them  to lead? Simple: Recruit your more experienced employees to help coach and  guide them.                Decide Why You Want a Mentor Program...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CEO Succession: Does Your Company Have a Clue?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=317]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The single most valuable player in almost any company is its chief executive officer. Given that, most firms surely have succession plans ready to go when Mrs. CEO steps off to another opportunity or the Board decides to go in another leadership direction. Right?    Um, not so...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:22:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Principal Financial Group Announces CFO Succession]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_22/ai_n25452423]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Terry Lillis Named Chief Financial Officer]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jerry Miller Named President and CEO of Van Kampen]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Jerry Miller has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Van Kampen Investments Inc., effective immediately, the company announced today.  Mr. Miller, 46, succeeds Michael Kiley, who has announced his intention to resign from the Firm to pursue other opportunities. He joins Van Kampen with 24...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real back under-fire Schuster]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID AFP &#8212; Under-fire Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster on Friday received the backing of club bosses.  Schuster's future has been in doubt after the nine-time European champions crashed out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage for the fourth year in succession on Wednesday night. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ending the CEO Succession Crisis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2439-13058_23-174997.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  The Idea in Brief              The CEO succession process is broken. Too many companies' succession pipelines are bone dry. Even among firms that do have succession plans, most aren't happy with them. Thanks to poor succession...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:36:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Coke Board Gets It: A Lesson in CEO Succession]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1069]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bravo to the board of Coca-Cola and Chairman and CEO Neville Isdell: This is how to handle CEO succession.    Isdell, who is 64, announced he would step down as CEO and turn over the reins to Muhtar Kent, 55, who had been serving as president and chief...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:33:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2439-13058_23-173985.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  The Idea in Brief            Should companies needing a new CEO pick someone from inside or outside? Insiders know the firm and its people, but they're often blind to the need for radical change. Outsiders see the need...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Hillary/Bill presidency worries voters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Americans don't normally take much notice of Argentine elections. But they did notice when Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected to succeed him last Sunday, ensuring not just a co-presidency, but the prospect of alternating presidencies as far as the eye can see....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Almost Ready: How Leaders Move Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The Idea in Brief        It's a popular approach to ensuring a smooth leadership transition: Hire a second-in-command who is designated as the next CEO. But the practice rarely works — of would-be CEO successors hired externally, 75% don't become chief executives...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Neville set for Man Utd comeback]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200711/ai_n21082623]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; Manchester United will welcome back captain Gary Neville at Stockport on Thursday night in what will be his first game in seven months.  The 32-year-old defender has not played since suffering an ankle injury in the champions' Premier League win over Bolton in March.  He...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What the Merrill debacle teaches us about CEO succession]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/5208-13077-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=1225&messageID=5039&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What the Merrill debacle teaches us about CEO successionCEO PersonalitiesOne big area we have to look at is the CEO personalities.  Working with Fortune 500 companies for half my life, I can tell you that one big area that we as consultants fail to recognize is how important a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Preparing a Succession Plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2410-13057_23-68808.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're planning to retire from your small business in the near future, or you simply want to hand over the reins to someone else, it's important to plan carefully for your succession. Planning will help you to protect the value of your business. As the owner-manager of a business,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:03:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Korean summit's big mystery -- where is Kim's wife?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200710/ai_n20529411]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL AFP &#8212; Paging Mrs. Kim Jong-Il. For all the light that this week's landmark inter-Korean summit may shed on Pyongyang and Kim's secretive regime, one enduring mystery remains: where is the wife of the Dear Leader?  Kim, 65, has been reported to have lived with four women, none...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Masako biographer urges Japan not to shun female succession]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; The Australian author of a controversial book on Japan's royal family warned Friday against abandoning moves to allow female succession after the birth of the country's first male heir in 40 years.  Ben Hills, whose biography of Crown Princess Masako drew protests from the Japanese government,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[British queen's grandson could lose succession rights: reports]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandchild could lose his place in the line of succession to the British throne if he marries his Catholic fiancee, newspapers reported Friday.  Citing sleuthing work by Catholic weekly The Tablet, newspapers said Peter Phillips' Canadian fiancee Autumn Kelly, 31, was baptised...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonn remains as ICC president but succession race unresolved]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200703/ai_n18657165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CAPE TOWN AFP &#8212; The succession battle for the presidency of the International Cricket Council ICC remained unresolved Friday at the same time as current president Percy Sonn agreed to stay in the post for an extra year.  It was announced after an ICC board meeting in Cape Town,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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