Inside the Mind of Hiring with Dr. Mickey Fineberg: Business Psychologists Enabling the Selection and Preparation of Great Leaders: Succession!

I loved the Netflix series Succession. Every time I viewed an episode I had fond memories of my regional, Italian-family-owned supermarket client. I served them for 20 years.

The business was started by a produce street vendor (G1) in Norristown, Pa, some 20 miles west of Philadelphia. He eventually opened a superette, a relatively small-sized market in the same town.

He had five sons (G2). Each became the manager of a standard-sized supermarket in a widening territory. They eventually became the business owners, and hired people to merchandise and run the stores. They built a brand of strong service and innovative merchandising.

The five brothers each had two sons. Nine of the cousins joined the business in high school. The 10nth eventually became a priest.

As they became adults, the cousins replaced their fathers as department heads (Grocery, Produce, Meat, Non-Foods, Real Estate, etc)

Then eventually, the 5 brothers retired and the 9 cousins became the owning operators of the business with the oldest named CEO.

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