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Good Managers Are Not Necessarily Good Leaders

I was speaking with a client recently about his company's heir-apparent: his son. He wants his son to take over as the company "leader" in a few years. His son is very organized.

Succession Planning – Your Next Big Project

Every day, there are stories in the media discussing the importance of succession planning, yet many of us business owners aren't paying heed.

Control Freaks

It's happening again. We've been contacted by several clients all dealing with the same issue: current top management is ready to move on (retire, sell, quit, transfer to a new division, etc.) and there's no staff ready or able to replace them.

I Want My Life Back!

Yep, I heard it again. A new client, a CEO, told my team prior to our first work session, "I want my life back. I love working, but I've got to stop working 80-hour weeks. Something needs to change around here."

Guest Post: Shep Hyken

We have a special guest on the blog today. Shep Hyken, Shepard Presentations, LLC, has written a terrific article that we'd like to share with you.

Train Your Shrinking Labor Pool

According to the US Labor Department “by 2008 the growth of the U.S. Workforce is projected to drop to near zero and remain at that level for the next 25 years.

If I Were To Bump Into You…

I recently bumped into "Terry," the president of a company I worked with four years ago. During my engagement with them, we'd done strategic planning, leadership succession planning, and lots of management team and systems development (i.e., process and procedures development and management training).

Guest Post: David Graham | Empower HR leadership teams to deliver more business value

We have a special guest on the blog today. David Graham, founder of Executive Insight, has written a terrific article that we'd like to share with you.

Who is Key?

I had an interesting conversation the other day with a client. We were discussing her company’s strategic plan and the next step: the succession plan.

Training Successors Without Hurt Feelings

A manager recently approached me with this troubling issue, "My back-up person is incredible. But when she retires, which she's eligible to do at any moment, we'll be in big trouble. My problem is: How do I train someone else to do her job, without taking responsibilities away from her? I don't want to hurt her feelings and make her feel as if I'm trying to push her out the door by training someone else to do her job."

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