Posts Tagged ‘succession planning’
It’s unwise to procrastinate succession planning
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Small Business — tracks feedback from small-business owners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Two weeks ago, we asked: Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook launched the iPhone 4S and the company lost its iconic founder, Steve Jobs, reinvigorating an ongoing [...]
How do leaders in your organization handle the movement of talent in the company?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 160,000 business leaders. We run the poll question each Tuesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: How do leaders in your organization handle the movement of talent in the company? We’re talent hoarders. We make it hard [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
As employers look for ways to lower health care costs, here’s a particularly tasty option for SmartBrief on Workforce readers to check out: discounted coverage for people who belong to CSAs. “This could be a great fit for employer wellness incentives,” writes Jennifer Benz. “Employees are often offered reimbursements for gym memberships that go unused [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
I love Marshall Goldsmith, especially when he’s being a little bit contrary, like in this piece in Talent Management magazine. Don’t coast during your last few months before retirement, he says — or worry too much about your image. “It’s an opportunity for an experienced executive to make those, tough, unpopular decisions that he or [...]
