title: Your CEO. Are you short-staffed or short-sighted?
abstract: Hiring the right CEO is the board's most important job. You may want to look outside of the usual hierarchy for your next chief exec--but be sure you know what you want. And don't leave succession planning until you are left leaderless.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
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