I was recently asked by an executive team, “How do we start pulling a Succession Plan together? We believe we have many of the pieces already, but we don’t know what to do with them.” That’s a great question and a great position to be in. The answer though, requires you to first be...
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My client’s goal was to develop their next generation of leaders. At a recent meeting I wasn’t surprised to hear every group of senior managers complain about the weak or under-developed personnel management, delegation, strategic thinking and personal accountability skills in their direct-report managers. The really interesting thing is: Almost all of these senior...
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If you’re a manager, you’ve heard it at least once in your career, “You don’t trust me,” or “Management doesn’t trust us.” Now if you’re honest with yourself, when you’ve heard either comment, you’ve tried not to roll your eyes as you’ve thought to yourself, “Whiner, whiner, whiner.” Be honest. We’ve all done it....
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Michael Segalla shares great insights into who really has power within an organization. In the May 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review (Find the Real Power in Your Organization), he shares his intriguing, visual mapping tool to determine where the true seats of power reside in an organization — AND — what to do about...
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