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Executive Overview The CEO and COO are engaged in a partnership that differs from other managerial relationships, because its implications for succession involve not merely succession in role, but also passing the baton of leadership. It is important to understand the complex feelings involved in that relationship and the problems that frequently result. Important lessons can be learned from the failures of this relationship and what both parties can do to help make it successful.
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