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Do your key people make you vulnerable?

In one of the seminars I present we do a quick organisational vulnerability audit. Regularly, participants list key person dependency as one of their organisation's critical vulnerabilities.

The fact is that people do get hit by buses, laid low by the 'flu, headhunted by competitors, or worse. How well are you equipped to handle the loss of one of your key team members? What if it happened in the middle of a crisis? Or would such an event actually precipitate a crisis for you?

One of your easiest protective actions is to ensure that your second-in-charge is being mentored and developed as a future leader and is aware of organisational issues beyond their responsibility.

I've heard some people say that training and developing people is a waste of resources because they might leave.

Smart leaders know that it is worse not to train and develop people, because they might stay!

Investing in the development of your organisation's current and future leaders is not just good risk negotiation, it's essential to your long term success.

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Quote of Note

"There is no one who is successful today who has done the whole thing on their own ..."

Jackie Stewart

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