An Agribusiness HR Issue: Succeeding at Succession in the Family Business

作者：Bradley Frank^*; Hill Paul; Connolly Aidan J

来源：International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2012, 15(A): 69-72.

• family agribusiness
• disruption of succession
• managing talent for leadership

The issue of succession in family owned agribusinesses may be a contentious matter, but it need not be if carefully considered well in advance of the need to seek a new leader. Nevertheless, succession is particularly disruptive since the founder-owner has been central to shaping and developing the company. At the early stages it is crucial that companies improve succession by strengthening the company%26apos;s leadership development and focus on those people, internal and external, who might one day take on the role of CEO. Potential new leaders must be good for the company%26apos;s existing customers, for the company itself and for the management team. A leadership development program which considers succession as a central element at all levels in the company can be a major part of the company%26apos;s value proposition, one that competitors cannot understand, let alone imitate.

• 出版日期2012