Ashley Toppin is the Executive Chairman of the Barbados Lumber Company. One issue that he had to deal with recently was the replacement of the company CEO. The CEO had been in the office for thirty-four years. He started the company and was regarded as the founder. When he retired the shareholders had to find a replacement. Some suggested that the company was not as profitable as it could have been. The shareholders wanted to change the culture more towards a business focus. What were their options? Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.