Leadership development that works This is always an interesting and pertinent topic to me, as the beginning stages - creation, if you will - of leadership development efforts are where success/failure is determined. Implementation is simple, as is … [Read more...]
3 Key Strategies for Effective Training (of any kind)
Training is essential for success—always has been, always will be. But like everything else, not all training is created equally. Nor is there a one-size fits all when it comes to teaching employees. And that’s true for leadership – technical, … [Read more...]
Succession Planning — Hey Exec! You’ve got to do YOUR part!
Succession Plans are Just That... Plans. They still need EXECUTION. Succession plans and leadership development efforts are useless if the targeted executive doesn’t step up and do his/her part. This is an interesting and pertinent topic, as … [Read more...]
Succession Done Stupidly: Negligent planning at the highest level
Headline (edited for brevity): Swiss bank UBS named Axel Weber as its next chairman in a surprise move that robbed rival Deutsche Bank of its top candidate to succeed its chief Josef Ackermann in 2013.Make no mistake, this is Board negligence on the … [Read more...]
Change of Control & Severance… For What???
Recently, a member of a client's Board of Directors asked about the need for Change in Control agreements and severance given today's scrutiny of those plans.Folks, to use an old adage, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. We frequently need … [Read more...]
Visions, Plans, and Hallucinations
I love pithy quotes that people regularly share.A frequently quoted proverb from Zig Ziglar on setting goals and time management: "A goal without a deadline is just a dream." Now, if you subscribe to "SMART" goal methodology, which many of you do, … [Read more...]