Who Comes Next?: Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy

by Meridith Elliott Powell, MBA, CSP, Mary C. Kelly, PhD

Overview

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)
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640953888
Publisher:	Sound Wisdom
Publication date:	04/19/2022
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and business strategist. With a background in corporate leadership and sales, her career expands over several industries including banking, healthcare and finance. Meridith worked her way up from entry-level to earn her position in the C-Suite.
 


Mary C. Kelly, PHD specializes in leadership growth that helps organizations improve their profitability and productivity, especially in finance, insurance, real estate, and manufacturing. One of the first female graduates of the Naval Academy, Mary served 25 years on active duty, mostly in Asia, leading multi-cultural teams in nine countries. Her remarkable career of service included working as an intelligence officer, a chief of police, an HR director, and a chief of staff, as well as training more than 40,000 military personnel. Mary has been a leadership and economics professor at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, and Hawaii Pacific University. She has written 13 business books, including her best-seller, Master Your World (named a “must read” by MENSA and MOAA), and her latest award winner, Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success (profiled in Forbes and Success magazines). Today, Mary is a popular conference keynote speaker and leadership adviser working with businesses, associations, and government agencies. She offers programs that are content rich, highly entertaining, and strategically designed to help her clients get results
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, I; Foreword, iii; Introduction, v; 1. Understanding the Urgent Need for Succession Plans, 1; 2. Exploring the Mindset of the Outgoing Leader, 9; 3. Analyzing the Employee Impact, 21; 4. Reviewing the Customer Perspective, 29; 5. Developing Your Plan's Framework, 35; 6. Creating Your Talent Strategy, 47; 7. Implementing Your Succession Plan, 59; 8. Managing the Process, 79; 9. Sustaining Family-Owned and Closely Held Businesses, 89; 10. Troubleshooting, 101; Conclusion, 113; Comprehensive Action Plan, 117; Tools Library, 125; Resource Guide, 167; About the Authors, 169; Contact Us, 172