Leadership Development
18Sep
Succession Planning in Public and Private Companies
Part 2 of ETG’s Leadership Transition Series Public and private companies have very different structures, but in both cases, succession planning is a vital priority. The longevity of any organization rests on the ability of today’s leadership to prepare for future changes. In my experience with [...]
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12Sep
Your Succession Plan Checklist
Part 1 of ETG’s Leadership Transition Series It’s every business owner and corporate leader’s hope that their organization will outlive them. Yet, the numbers show that most businesses are woefully unprepared for the day it does. According to a 2016 research report by the National Center for [...]
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21Aug
How to Structure Leadership Development to Build a Process to Survive at Scale
Businesses, like children, go through many stages of development. In the beginning, the business is just learning its own identity. Daily life is an exercise in “figuring it out”, and there’s a certain threshold for mistakes, experimentation, and ambiguity. As the business grows and matures, [...]
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17Jul
Leadership Development Tactics for Effective Succession Planning
From the junior to the executive level, it’s natural for our teams to be thinking about “what’s next” for their career. While it’s great to have ambition about your personal goals, there seems to be a disconnect when we think about how the future looks for our companies. The lack of a strong [...]
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10Jul
6 Smart People Strategies to Manage Leadership Transition During Succession
As the American workforce ages, succession planning has become a very real challenge for organizations of all sizes. Succession is a major event with exceptionally high stakes. There is far more involved in a successful transition than handing over the keys—and yet most organizations do not [...]
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19Jun
7 Inspiring Leadership Podcasts to Add to Your Listening List
When you’re the one your team looks to for guidance and inspiration, who do you turn to? We should all have a few mentors in our lives – but for everyday inspiration, it’s nice to bring in some outside perspectives. Recently, podcasts have grown quite a bit in popularity. What I like about this [...]
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22May
6 Powerful Lessons From TED Talks About Leadership
We all need a little inspiration from time to time. On mornings when I feel like a cup of coffee won’t cut it, I’ve found that watching a TED Talk can really energize me for the day. While it’s easy to let an hour go by with these quick and powerful presentations, a few of […]
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15May
Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz
No two ‘regular days’ in any organization are truly the same. As leaders, it’s part of our job description to expect the unexpected—resignations, lost clients, critical errors, even situations we never imagined possible. Organizations are living things, and as with all living things, change is [...]
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20Mar
It’s Time for a New Discussion on “Women in Leadership”
While most companies claim that gender diversity is a high priority, statistics tell a different story for working women. Globally, women have more access to education and more social mobility than ever before. If education and ambition were the sole indicators of leadership, every second [...]
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18Dec
Did You Make a Leadership Mistake in 2018? How to Know and What to Do
Do you know how to tell if you made a leadership mistake? If you’re unsure, then you’re not alone: many leaders focus on the skills necessary to become someone in a leadership position, without necessarily scheduling the time needed to generate truly impactful solutions to [...]
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