succession planning

Four Success Factors for Building the Executive Pipeline

Samantha Howland, Senior Managing Partner, Decision Strategies International Many organizations face a critical talent transition over the next decade. As experienced, senior leaders reach retirement age, trustees and senior executives cite succession planning as a crucial challenge considering the risks and requirements for smooth leadership transitions. Whether through internal promotion or external hires, many companies […]

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Four Reasons Your Company Can’t Thrive Without a Succession Plan

Leadership, Strategy

Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, and growth all require an unprecedented need for information about key executives and a framework for assessing the competencies required to lead people during extraordinary times. Yet, even with the revolving doors at the top of many companies spinning faster than ever, organizations still overlook opportunities to develop talent from the bottom

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The Paradoxical Nature of Succession Planning

Management

Organizations with the greatest possibility of success also have the greatest possibility of failure. That is, the same behaviors and characteristics that maximize a company’s probability of notable success also maximize its probability of failure. The status quo stands firmly at odds with innovation, and the commitments of today often don’t align with the reality

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What is Succession Planning and Who Needs It?

Leadership

In the past, leaders used the terms replacement planning and succession planning synonymously, but the two differ. Convincing decision makers to have a disaster replacement plan in the event that key individuals die or depart unexpectedly is not too difficult; persuading them to prepare people for advancement years ahead of their actual promotions presents more

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Four Success Factors for Building the Executive Pipeline

Four Reasons Your Company Can’t Thrive Without a Succession Plan

The Paradoxical Nature of Succession Planning

What is Succession Planning and Who Needs It?

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