Earlier today, Unbound Ideas hosted two top voices in the leadership and coaching industry. Dr. Marshall Goldsmith presented a webinar entitled Preparing Your Successor and Yourself for a Great Future. We were fortunate to have Howard Morgan act as the facilitator to coax additional insights from Marshall and add his own wisdom.
During this 90 minute event, which included some really interesting and thoughtful questions from our participants, we learned that there are concrete steps that any leader can undertake in order to have the transition of responsibilities go smoothly for the organization and the well-being of all parties involved. Marshall described the key findings revealed through his extensive research and engagement in succession planning with top executives from some of the world’s largest organizations. He illustrated some of the traps that these leaders often fall into as the reins are turned over. Importantly, he also described the hazards that successors face as they prepare for or anticipate an eventual transition. Continue reading » »
David Neeleman, Chairman and CEO of JetBlue presented the following lecture at Stanford University on April 30, 2002. His dedication to being a frequent customer of his company’s service and being so close to employees gives him unvarnished feedback that other leaders are sometimes too inaccessible to hear.
Sure, it’s an old video. But in challenging economic conditions it may matter more than ever.
Yesterday, Dr. David Cohen joined us for a 90 minute webinar to discuss keeping so-called star performers. During down economic times, the risk of top talent being sought after and going somewhere else is higher than ever. During this presentation and the lively question and answer session, we learned:
1. The unspoken reason why people always leave organizations
2. Who is responsible for retention and what they need to do differently
3. The business costs of losing talent, and how to measure them
4. What you can do to ensure you hire right in the beginning
5. How you keep your best people even during a talent raid
6. What engagement really means and how to use it as the focus for the way you run your business
7. How to distinguish between your stars, keepers, dead wood and virus
8. What Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers and Gen Y-ers need differently and what they all need in common
David is the author of Inside the Box: Leading with Corporate Values to Drive Sustained Business Success, The Talent Edge: A Behavioral Approach to Hiring, Developing and Keeping Top Performers, and a columnist for Workplace News. Dr. Cohen is considered a thought leader in the design of integrated human resources processes consistent with the corporate vision, values, behaviors and business plan of each client.
