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Who Comes Next?: Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
Leaders leave. It’s inevitable. It might even happen today.
Are you prepared?
Every organization needs a plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. WHO COMES NEXT? solves that problem and easily guides you through the steps of creating a viable succession plan.
The book simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. Whether you are part of a small, family business or a Fortune 500 company, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?
“This book is a comprehensive look at succession planning, but with a refreshing spin that favors the practical over the theoretical. It’s applicable to any industry, and readers will benefit from action items, tools, and resources with every chapter. Succession planning has never been more critical, and this book is a must-read for any professional looking to answer the question, “Who Comes Next?”
--Michael Delucchi, President and Chief Elevation Officer, The Elevate Group
“Meridith and Mary are my ‘go to’ experts for succession planning, and they’ve created the definitive guide for how to build a strong succession plan. In this book, they break it down, give you a strategy, and deliver everything you need to create leadership depth at every level of your organization.”
--Angela Cox Weston, President, Midwest Speakers Bureau
“Succession planning goes way beyond the person at the head of the company. Depth on the bench is essential to ensure an organization’s resiliency and contingency planning.”
--Eric Holloway, Captain, U.S. Navy (ret)
Are you prepared?
Every organization needs a plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. WHO COMES NEXT? solves that problem and easily guides you through the steps of creating a viable succession plan.
The book simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. Whether you are part of a small, family business or a Fortune 500 company, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?
“This book is a comprehensive look at succession planning, but with a refreshing spin that favors the practical over the theoretical. It’s applicable to any industry, and readers will benefit from action items, tools, and resources with every chapter. Succession planning has never been more critical, and this book is a must-read for any professional looking to answer the question, “Who Comes Next?”
--Michael Delucchi, President and Chief Elevation Officer, The Elevate Group
“Meridith and Mary are my ‘go to’ experts for succession planning, and they’ve created the definitive guide for how to build a strong succession plan. In this book, they break it down, give you a strategy, and deliver everything you need to create leadership depth at every level of your organization.”
--Angela Cox Weston, President, Midwest Speakers Bureau
“Succession planning goes way beyond the person at the head of the company. Depth on the bench is essential to ensure an organization’s resiliency and contingency planning.”
--Eric Holloway, Captain, U.S. Navy (ret)
192 pages, Paperback
Published April 19, 2022
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December 24, 2022
fantastic resource
If you’re running a business, this should be required reading! The authors are direct, keep it simple and provide all the tools to implement.
If you’re running a business, this should be required reading! The authors are direct, keep it simple and provide all the tools to implement.
June 24, 2020
Decent book. Its a really quick read. I can recommend it as an overview of the succession process. I read it just trying to get my head around the types of steps involved. They have some good worksheets in the book and on their website which allow you to get started yourself. If you're a company that's traditionally (hierarchically) structured, this seems like a good book for you. I'm more interested in new ways of working which don't fit within the "org chart" approach, so I'm going to keep looking for a book that speaks my values more clearly.
A much better book that I read afterwards : Leadership That Works by Michael Timms
A much better book that I read afterwards : Leadership That Works by Michael Timms
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