Red Flags a Successor Is Not Ready
How do you know if a leadership successor is not ready for the next role? Succession planning conversations often focus on capability. Can they do the job? Do they understand the business? Have they performed at a high level? But in practice, when leadership...
Mental Fitness Drives Leadership Effectiveness
Does your mental fitness determine how effective you are as a leader? May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in leadership conversations, mental health is often acknowledged but rarely integrated into how we define effectiveness. Most organizations still evaluate...
Succession Planning Isn’t a Strategy Problem
Why leadership transitions succeed or fail based on CEO readiness Why do succession plans collapse even when the successor appears perfectly capable on paper? Succession planning is one of the most important conversations founders and boards will ever have. Yet...
