Succession Planning
Leadership’s role in succession planning is critical to maintaining the heartbeat of every design firm. As your design firm grows, as principals retire or move up the ownership ladder, smart succession planning is vital to success. Leadership succession choices seem easy at first glance, but Silver Bullets will show you how to avoid the common errors that occur all too often when filling seats at the principal’s table. Strategic succession planning requires more than giving a go-getter a chance. Identifying true emerging leaders requires a keen eye and tight focus.
Whether you’re adding new principals or need to fill soon-to-be-vacated positions, Silver Bullets will take the guesswork out of your succession planning decisions. You’ll have the insight wrought from years of experience to make your leadership succession choices smart choices. What should you look for? What should you require from a candidate? Should you promote from within, or import new blood? These seminal questions about leadership succession and the roles of senior principals require strategic thought about your entire firm and its future.
Silver Bullets will give you practical ideas about succession planning and the role of senior principals that have already worked for real professional service firms—firms like yours. Your firm will thrive under well-planned transitions that work for your staff members and your firm as a whole.
