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Leadership Succession Matters

Coaching Tip

Organizations are not planning effectively, they are not starting succession deep enough down in the leadership pipeline. Commissioned by Korn Ferry, Hanover Research conducted a global survey in August/September 2014 across 54 countries around the globe, from organizations ranging in size from 500 to more than 50,000.

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What Leadership Book Will Be On Your 2014 Reading List?

Eric Jacobson

How Lance Does It How The Mighty Fall How To Get Anyone To Do Anything How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be How To Grow Leaders How To Lead How To Think Like A CEO & Act Like A Leader How To Win Friends And Influence People In Search Of Excellence Influencer: The Power To Change Anything Inside The Tornado Inspirational Leadership (..)

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Because the list is a couple years old, it doesn''t include some of the latest best leadership books. And, on December 1 coming up, I''ll post my selection for the best new book about leadership in 2014. Top Books About Leadership. Even so, these classics listed below remain relevant today.

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Why CEOs Don’t Get Fired as Often as They Used To

Harvard Business Review

But from 2009 onward, the percentage of planned successions has steadily increased, to a record 86% in 2014. In 2004, for example, 37% of departing CEOs were forced out, but in 2014, that figure had fallen to 14%. In 2014, the global rate had risen to 11.2%, and the spread between the highest and lowest regional rates was only 5.1

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Leadership Development: #1 Priority for Human Resources Leaders

Coaching Tip

Among the more than 2,200 senior HR leaders globally who participated in the survey, 46 percent identified leadership development as the top priority for 2014. At the same time, only 13 percent have confidence in the strength of their leadership pipelines to fill critical openings.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Looming Talent Drought?

Harvard Business Review

I reached that conclusion in 2007, after working with Nitin Nohria, the current dean of Harvard Business School, and colleagues at the executive search firm Egon Zehnder to gauge the effects of three factors – globalization , demographics, and leadership pipelines – on competition for senior talent in large organizations.

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Evaluate Your Leadership Development Program

Harvard Business Review

But your organization’s future success depends on identifying and developing the next generation of its leaders.