Succession planning - who’s next?
With the expansion of outsourcing, near-shoring and contract hiring, the focus on succession planning has – to say the least – been put by the wayside in most organisations.
That’s a bad mistake. Especially when it comes to finance functions.
Succession isn’t just about who’s taking your place. It’s about protecting the future of the organisation to which you’ve dedicated your time and smarts – as well as protecting the legacy you’ve built in making that organisation succeed.
That means that, when you are ready to leave, you also want to leave behind the best possible, most likely person (or people) ready to take over and keep building from where you left off.
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