If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. In every organization, certain roles act as accelerators of development—positions where the nature of the work and its challenges enable individuals to build critical skills and gain meaningful experiences faster than in other roles. However, when someone remains in one of these …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Succession planning (SP) remains a top priority for many organizations. In response to frequent requests for SP resources, I’ve created a one-page cheat sheet that consolidates elements from several of the individual cheat sheets I’ve previously shared on the topic. This …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. In last week’s issue of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter, I shared my cheat sheet for evaluating six factors that can signal risk in an organization’s critical roles. These roles, which may represent roughly 20% of total roles, have a disproportionate …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Here’s my one-page cheat includes a sample of 11 succession planning (SP) questions that can help organizations think through various aspects of their SP practices. The questions do not represent an exhaustive list but provide a foundation to build on. Sample questions …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. One design decision many practitioners consider when implementing succession planning is whether to plan by specific role or talent pool. With role-based succession, you identify people as successors for a specific role. With pool-based succession, you develop people around shared capabilities …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. One challenge with succession planning is that after initial successors are identified, different situations often emerge that require adjustments to the original plan. Without ongoing attention, succession plans risk becoming little more than “names on a page” that don’t reflect current …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. With succession planning a top priority among Talent Edge Weekly readers, I wanted to share this new report published on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and developed by The Conference Board in partnership with Heidrick & Struggles. It …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Succession planning (SP) continues to be a top priority for many organizations, and it is one of the topics Talent Edge Weekly readers most often ask me to cover. But in many cases, organizations do not struggle because they lack interest …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Succession planning (SP) remains one of the most requested topics for Talent Edge Weekly readers. While I’ve shared several resources on SP, I continue to get more requests about SP in private equity (PE). Against this backdrop, this new article argues …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. I previously shared an article from Russell Reynolds Associates on why CHROs are playing a more active role in CEO succession. For CHROs already supporting boards with CEO assessment and selection, a new article from Boston Consulting Group adds a practical …
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