In the past few weeks there have been lot of high-level executive transitions in the news. Many companies are appointing new CEOs or filling other C-level roles. Whenever I see these stories, I immediately think about what lead up to this event. Whenever there is an open role like those above, competition breaks out amongst those that deem themselves qualified for the role. Competition is great, but quite often, it ceases to be a healthy competition and becomes bitter and ugly. I’ve seen this at plenty of stops in my career, and while the unhealthy competition is bad enough, the resulting lack of trust poisons these teams for years to come.
