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Why Every Top Leader Needs a Succession Plan

Lead from Within

A good plan should provide opportunities for employees to gain new skills, take on new responsibilities, and advance their careers. The Planning in Risk Management: The most effective leaders realize that succession planning plays a critical role in risk management. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Why You Should Never Be Stagnant: The Importance of Continuous Improvement

Joseph Lalonde

How to improve customer service can include providing better customer support, being more responsive to inquiries and feedback, and being proactive to address any problems. Financial Management: Make sure your finances are in order by tracking income, expenses, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

That’s one reason I was interested to talk with Leo Tilman and General Charles Jacoby, who co-wrote a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption. and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. In emergency management, Hurricane Sandy stands out. Noble words must become flesh.”

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Leadership & Change

N2Growth Blog

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. All initiatives should include detailed risk management provisions that contain sound contingency and exit planning.

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Embracing Risk in Career Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Risk management is critical for business decisions — but may not be healthy for making decisions about your career. In fact, if you want your career to take off, you may need to do the opposite of what risk managers try to do: Instead of focusing on how to reduce risks, you may need to embrace and enhance them.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Those of us who grew up working on typewriters know how to master the medium. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. The Petrified Forest , starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement.