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Leadership Succession Matters

Coaching Tip

An in-depth, global, executive study used as the basis of the report shows that a full half of respondents do not feel their organizations have a solid pipeline of “ready now” leadership candidates. . Organizations are not planning effectively, they are not starting succession deep enough down in the leadership pipeline.

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What Leadership Book Will Be On Your 2014 Reading List?

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Leadership Development: #1 Priority for Human Resources Leaders

Coaching Tip

Leadership development is the number one priority for human resources (HR) leaders globally, according to Talent Management : Accelerating Business Performance , a survey by Right Management, the career and talent management experts within ManpowerGroup. Other key findings from the study on talent management include : . Wall Street Journal.

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Evaluate Your Leadership Development Program

Harvard Business Review

Despite studies showing that succession is an essential part of strategic planning, many companies ignore leadership development to focus on more immediate challenges. Establish a set of clear and defined leadership competencies , so HR and other stakeholders know whom to fast track for leadership. For example, when a U.S.

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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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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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