What’s Your Value Proposition?

With the economy facing historic challenges - such as the subprime crash in the mortgage industry, the pending massive workforce depletion predicted with the retirement of the Baby Boomers, rising inflation coupled with the devalued dollar, and no relief on the horizon - effective and successful leaders will be those who can develop and maintain [...]

Effective Leadership Starts with You

This is a great article by Jim Citrin, a Yahoo Finance expert and Senior Director of Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s preeminent executive search firms, discussing the difficulties people are facing making transitions in today’s unpredictable economy.
He gives some great advice about how to lead by example and create your own success through difficult [...]

New Research on Growing Executive Talent

Despite the importance of succession planning, new research is showing that a majority of corporations aren’t taking the time to establish comprehensive, long-term business continuity planning.
From the Taleo Research Blog:
“Development Dimensions International (DDI) with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently published Growing Global Executive Talent which points out that talent awareness is not enough. Immediate [...]

Harvard Discusses the Importance of Succession Planning

This is a great article on the Harvard Business Publishing site discussing the importance of business continuity and succession planning in high profile companies. The article entitled “Why Aren’t Poor Performing CEOs Fired Sooner?” cites:
“The latest installment of Booz & Company’s annual study of CEO succession finds that chief executives generally have six years to [...]

Effective Succession Planning

One of the primary aspects of effective business continuity strategy is comprehensive succession planning. In today’s corporate environment, boards increasingly expect the CEO to implement an effective talent management process that takes into account future retirements, resignations, and unexpected loss of leadership. As a report by the Forrester Research Group cites:
“Succession planning, to the extent [...]

What is Business Continuity?

What is business continuity?
Business continuity strategy is about protecting your business, the assets of your business and the successful functioning of your business during a change of executive leadership. It entails a number of strategies to identify talents and strengths within your organization, train up qualified leaders to fill executive positions and ensure [...]

Effective Leadership in a Downturn

It takes extraordinary leadership to grow an extraordinary organization. How do your leaders compare to world-class leaders? Do your leaders have the necessary skills to take your company to the next level in this uncertain economy?
Bloomberg reports today that the economy has hit a new low:
“The U.S. lost jobs for a fifth month and [...]