Starting out at GE, where he headed up the business’s leadership institute and revamped the leadership pipeline under Jack Welch, Noel Tichy offers served as a reliable advisor on management succession to such leading companies as Royal Dutch Shell, Nokia, Intel, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Merck and Caterpillar.Today Tichy draws in years of hands-on knowledge working with CEOs and boards to supply a construction for creating a clever, effective transition pipeline, whether for any multi-billion buck conglomerate, a family group business, a small start-up, or a non-profit.Through uncovering case studies like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Yahoo, P&G, Intel, and J.C. Penney, he examines why some companies fail while others succeed in schooling and sustaining another generation of older leaders. He shows the common mistakes that may generate humiliating headlines and could even call an organization’s survival into issue, and reveals the best practices of those who got it correct. Tichy also positions leadership talent advancement and succession where they belong: at the top of every leader’s plan.