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Millennials in the Workplace Could Be Just What You Need to Manage Change
It has been said that the only people who like change are wet babies. While it’s true that the average person can be resistant to change, there is one subset of the population that more often than not embraces and even welcomes change: Millennials. The generation born...
How Can a People-First Approach Affect Your Change Management Abilities?
Managing change can be difficult for many business owners and leaders. When change is approached through the lens of people management, however, those leaders can effectively navigate organizational change so that the company is successful when everyone arrives at the...
Fearlessness, Millennials, and You: Three Ideas to Get You Thinking about Succession Planning Process
Succession planning is critical for long-term business sustainability, and there are lots of ways to get it right – and even more ways to get it wrong. Leaders must always be thinking about the future of the organization and who will take over once they exit the...
Business Succession Planning: The Challenges of Large and Small Enterprises
Small and large businesses each have unique challenges when it comes to business succession planning. Leaders at SMEs often think that large corporations have the advantage, because they have a bigger pool of talent to work with. While it is true that the availability...
Company Culture: The Forgotten, Yet Critical Piece of the Succession Planning Puzzle
In order to succeed at succession planning, leaders must start early. It is a process that can only work if it is approached proactively, rather than reactively. This means that leaders at all levels from the C-Suite to middle management, must constantly look out into...
What is Succession Planning and Why Should You Care, Anyway?
Updated February 1, 2019Succession planning is a tool that ensures long-term effectiveness among an organization’s leaders. Those who currently hold leadership roles must take the time to identify high-potential individuals who can take over their position at some...
Beth Armknecht Miller’s passion for learning and dedication to bringing out the best in others are strands woven throughout her career and are found in her work with Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm.