If you have been part of a competitive CEO-transition process and the other candidates have remained with the company, this is a must-read. While Ajit Kambil of Deloitte writes extensively about CFO transitions, the wisdom in this article applies to CEO transitions. It has a lot of advice for how the CEO might manage herself. I think this is one of the first articles to question the wisdom of the first 90 or 100 days—we know that it’s a purely arbitrary number because, if the company is in turmoil, you need to act fast!