The Future of Succession Planning

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William J. Rothwell

ONLINE ONLY: Click here to access Figure 3. In one of the many succession planning presentations I have delivered across the world, I was recently asked, "What is the future of succession planning?" My answer focused on four changes that I see happening: a move from suc... More »

There Is No Denying That “Change Is Hard”

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Paula Ketter

Reviewed by Paula KetterChip Heath and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Made to Stick, tackled the issue of change in their new book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. This is a subject that many authors and subject matter experts have tried to expl... More »

The Kept-On Workforce of 2009: Building Options or Bummed Out?

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Beverly Kaye

"Waiting for the other shoe to drop" is often the refrain after the dust of downsizing settles. Those employees who have managed to retain their jobs often find that they feel worse about their work lives than those who were forced out. Just as laid-off workers are stru... More »