succession strategy
How to quickly a prepare a leader for a senior role (Part 2)
(Part II of a series. In my last article, I described how an organization can prepare itself for leadership transition….
Succeeding Success: How to Lead Boldly When Replacing a Respected Leader
How do you honor a predecessor’s legacy while leading boldly? Very few new executives would be excited to take the…
The 6 Ingredients for Building Freedom: How to get out of the day-to-day
“I feel maxed out. I can’t breathe.” “I hate looking at my phone. It’s always packed full of messages asking…
Succession Success: Priming the Next Executive Leader
Bad news first: Most executive successions fail. The research tends to peg failure rates around 66% for small and medium-sized…
Dead Mice, My Garage, and Your Business: Things that Should be Cleaned up
I recently cleaned and organized a corner of my garage. The level of pride and satisfaction that this generates is…
The Truth Will Set You Free. But Before it Will, You Have to do This
The truth will set you free. But you have to accept it first. The best leaders look reality straight in…
How to Get an Extra 20% in Performance with No New Staff, Customers, or Tools
Have you ever pulled a garden hose around your house to find it doesn’t reach as far as you thought?…
Why DEI and ESG aren’t Worth the Attention Paid to Them
In elementary school, I learned to be nice to others. Name-calling and bullying weren’t allowed. We were expected to include…
What Do I Do if My Company is Outgrowing a Loyal Employee?
What To do When Your Company is Growing Faster than Your Team Growing a company is exciting. But it also…
It’s Hard Enough to Hire When Times are Good. How to Prepare to Sail Through Less-than-Ideal Staffing Challenges
If You Do this One Thing Well, You’ll Own Your Market For the foreseeable future companies that are able to…