Michael Timms joins the podcast to break down why most "succession planning" in organizations is actually just replacement planning in disguise, and why that distinction matters more than most HR leaders realize.

Michael Timms is an internationally sought after speaker, consultant, and bestselling author who teaches leaders how to inspire accountability. He's the author of How Leaders Can Inspire Accountability, the basis for his TEDx talk "How to Claim Your Leadership Power," and Succession Planning That Works. Through his company, Avail Leadership, he partners with organizations to build high performance cultures of teamwork and accountability.

What We Cover:

– The real difference between succession planning and replacement planning, and why most organizations are only doing one of them

– Why the nine box might be doing more harm than good in your organization

– The uncomfortable truth about who actually gets to decide someone's "potential"

– What the research says about how much your manager actually shapes your performance

– Why most leadership competency lists accidentally describe an impossible person

– The handful of behaviors that actually predict great leadership, and how to find them

– A better, less political way to identify who's ready to grow

– The employee headcount where succession planning actually starts to matter

– Why developing people, even the ones who might leave, is never a loss

Michael challenges a lot of what HR has been taught to accept as best practice, and this conversation is a great reminder of why it's worth questioning the tools we default to. Be sure to check out his TEDx talk, linked in the show notes, for more on claiming your leadership power.

Connect with Michael Timms: LinkedIn | YouTube | Website | TED Talk

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