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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]