Succession Planning Fails Without Human Systems

Succession planning fails when organizations focus on skills alone and neglect trust, feedback, and team development. Here is what leaders must build instead. Succession planning fails more often than leaders want to admit, not because organizations lack talent, but because they mistake hiring for readiness. That confusion is costly. Companies search for stronger candidates, sharper […]

Keeping Dahlia – Why Leadership Transitions Are Delicate

38-year-old Dahlia was the archetypal superstar actuary*.  A straight A-student all throughout, she had her pick of scholarships with the best Actuarial Science degrees programs in America.  Headhunters and the who’s who of the insurance industry were at her heels.  It didn’t take long for the higher-ups to notice her.  She quickly moved her way […]