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01/25/2022
Skip Weisman
Skip Weisman’s former career as professional baseball CEO is the perfect person to speak about creating a high-performing team in the workplace. Twice in his 20-year career, his teams were recognized as “Organization of the Year” for the entire minor league professional baseball industry. During his career teams Skip led as CEO were affiliated with the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers.
For the last 20 years since leaving baseball after 2001, Skip has coached and consulted with small businesses to create high-performing workplaces. In 2018 Skip published his first book, “Overcoming The 7 Deadliest Communication SINs: A New Standard for Workplace Communication,” that is the foundation of his work with organizations to transform workplace performance. And, in 2019 he became a certified coach for The Great Game of Business which is designed to specifically create high-performing teams in the workplace.
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Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
Mary C. Kelly
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 and implementing a viable succession plan.
This essential guidebook simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. You’ll find a comprehensive action plan, a library of all the tools needed to develop and sustain your plan, and a resource guide. You’ll learn how to:
- Communicate with customers about the change
- Identify talent gaps in your succession plan
- Decide which succession planning model to adapt
- Find the next generation of leadership within your organization
- Handle the unique emotional complexities of succession in a family-owned business
Whether you are part of a small, family business, a Fortune 500 company, or a non-profit, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?
