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Would You Interview This Candidate? A Story on Motivation

by Yvonne Evers | Jul 14, 2022 | CEO Succession Planning, Leadership, Management Succession Planning, Success Strategies

The Story The CEO of WJH Company announced his retirement to his board one year in advance. The board decided to start the search immediately and chose an executive search firm to help them through the process. In the meantime, the CEO informed his executives and...

Do You Want Younger Board Members?

by Yvonne Evers | Jul 1, 2022 | Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning, Success Strategies

As the population continues to age, it is not only affecting the workforce but also the board rooms. A recent study proves that board rooms are skewing older now. The study says that approximately 83% of board members are over the age of 40, while the general public...

Are You Growing Your Potential Leaders?

by Yvonne Evers | Jun 17, 2022 | Leadership, Management Succession Planning, Success Strategies

We are experiencing a ton of turnover in our job market today due to the Baby Boomers retiring and the great resignation surging. Plus, it has become increasingly difficult to recruit individuals for positions, both at the entry-level but also in mid-management and...

Are Your Board Leadership Practices Causing Turnover?

by Yvonne Evers | Jun 6, 2022 | Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning, Leadership

“Til Death Do Us Part Inc.” realized that they needed to start doing board succession planning since they would likely be having a ton of turnover in the near future, because their board was getting older. What they didn’t realize was that their board leadership...

What’s the Right Way to do Succession Planning?

by Yvonne Evers | May 23, 2022 | Management Succession Planning, Success Strategies

You have heard me talk about succession planning many times. And succession planning can mean different things to different people at different organizations. But let me give you three of the most common scenarios when it comes to creating a succession plan. And I’ll...

It’s One Side Against the Other

by Yvonne Evers | May 2, 2022 | Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning

Having a balanced board is extremely important to the success of your board of directors. Your board of directors needs to be able to function as a whole in order to make decisions. I want to tell you a story about an organization that had a divided board, so much so...

Executive Search Firms: What You Need to Know

by Yvonne Evers | Apr 21, 2022 | Management Succession Planning, Success Strategies

A Ton of Turnover! Currently, there is a ton of turnover occurring in the executive ranks and it will continue into the future. This is mainly due to the “Silver Tsunami” and the “Great Resignation”. The “Silver Tsunami” refers to the baby...

You Are Trying to Get Rid of Me!

by Yvonne Evers | Apr 7, 2022 | Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning

Does everyone on the board of your organization understand the real purpose of board succession planning? Or do some of your board members think board succession planning is a way “to get rid of them”. I want to tell you a story about a common...

A Success Story on Board Succession Planning!

by Yvonne Evers | Mar 25, 2022 | Board Success Practices, Board Succession Planning

I want to tell you a story about an organization I was on the board of, and how we created a board succession planning policy at the organization. Back in 2008, when this occurred, board succession planning was not talked about at all. However, we noticed that there...

How to Keep High Potentials Motivated!

by Yvonne Evers | Mar 14, 2022 | Management Succession Planning, Success Strategies

Your organization is doing a great job. Hopefully you have a formal succession plan in place for particular positions and you have created an emerging leaders/high potentials program. Now, how do you keep those high potentials motivated within your organization? What...

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