For any leader, the succession transition is rife with personal and professional challenges. Ego, self-interest, and organizational politics can make it difficult to pass the baton in good times and bad. But legacies can be harmed, lives lessened and organizations weakened when the transition to new leadership fails to go well.

Special Bonus: All registrants will receive a FREE copy of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s book, Succession: Are You Ready? as well as an executive summary of the presentation, articles that cover key issues, and access to an ongoing web-based dialogue for sharing challenges and best practice ideas.

Are You Ready?

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s research and practice in the field of behavior change and leadership success has given him a wealth of experience working with leaders, boards and leadership teams during journeys of succession. For a leader, it is necessary to prepare staff who can succeed them, but it is also necessary to prepare themselves for a phase of even greater satisfaction and personal success. One of the keys is balancing short-term gratification and long-term benefit.

In this fast-paced webinar, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith will share insights from two of his latest publications. “Succession: Are You Ready?” is part of the Harvard Business School Press, “Memo to the CEO” series. “How Not to Lose the Top Job” appeared in the January 2009 edition of the Harvard Business Review. Combining these two publications, Marshall will discuss the challenges of the succession process from the perspective of the executive who is leaving; and the challenges from the perspective of the successor or potential successor.

Through it, you will gain:

1. an outstanding feel for the human dynamics of the succession process
2. a plan for executives to overcome their challenges in letting go
3. a map for successors to navigate the challenges when assuming a new role of greater responsibility
4. the costs and benefits of changing roles
5. distinguishing between the process and outcomes of change
6. the success that comes from changing our world and changing our selves

Marshall Goldsmithis corporate America’s preeminent executive coach, having worked with more than sixty CEOs at the world’s leading corporations. He was named one of the five most respected executive coaches by Forbes, a top-ten executive educator by the Wall Street Journal, one of the most credible thought leaders in the new era of business by The Economist, and one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development by BusinessWeek. He is the author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There – the Wall Street Journal #1 best seller and Harold Longman Award Business Book of the Year for 2007 and Succession: Are You Ready – which will be published in February 2008 as part of the Harvard Business ‘Memo to the CEO’ series. Marshall is also on the faculty of the executive education programs at Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan.