Whale Rider: An Icebreaker for Succession Planning

By Joel Shapiro Whale Rider (2005) is a great movie about family, tradition, maintaining your identity and values in the modern world, passing leadership...

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Catalytic Conversion: Turn Retirement Planning Into Succession Planning

By Pam Paquet The Baby Boom in the mid 1900s provided Canada with many long-term benefits including a sizeable workforce, a significant pool of skills...

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From Succession Planning to Re-Engaging Legacy Leadership

By Isabelle St-Jean, RSW, ACC On the heels of BC HRMA’s highly stimulating conference, we are called to re-ignite our workplaces by working with and...

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The Politics of Succession: Four Primary Planning Pitfalls

By Natalie Michael, CHRP For HR professionals, succession planning is often a fun project because it is strategic, proactive, and it provides exposure to the...

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Leveraging the Workforce: Developing Young Talent

By Yumi Numata Despite debate and different perceptions around how generational differences manifest themselves in the workforce, stereotypes of ‘entitled’ Millennials, cynical Gen X-ers or...

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Taking a Strategic Approach to Transition Planning

By Alison Napier Effective transition planning is a collaborative process. It is a strategic effort aimed at ensuring the successor will be effective as soon...

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The State of Succession Management

Seonaid Charlesworth   Several corporate directors I have spoken with in the past six months have described a growing concern—the current state of succession management.  The...

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Restructuring for Growth – Maintaining Business Momentum

By Brian Usher Organizations of all sizes across all sectors have been intensely focused on how to weather the current economic crisis. Changes in...

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