Steve Ballmer
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Ballmer vs. Chambers: A Corporate Cage Match
Amidst adding Cisco to Dinosaur Row, I asked someone “If Steve Ballmer got run off by Wall Street, how does John Chambers still have a job?” Both are/were long-tenured, non-founder CEOs of two of the biggest technology companies. Both have presided over erosion of prior dominance during the course of the 21st century, even as…
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Looking Ahead
With the initial frenzy around the great Ballmer succession sweepstakes slowing down, lets look ahead at how things may play out: Timing I can’t believe this will take 12 months to resolve or that the company can afford to let it drag on that long. If the board can’t find a new CEO in three…
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Filling Big Shoes
via Flickr There is a lesson in the all-around thrashing Steve Ballmer has received in recent days about filling the shoes of the greats: don’t. Anyone who succeeds one of the greats -– be it Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Michael Jordan or Peter the Great -– is likely…