Succession Planning
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
Succession planning strengthens the overall capability of your organization for the long term. Whether the scenario involves a planned transition--even years down the road--or an unplanned event, having a thorough succession plan in place will equip your organization for success beyond any one individual's capacity.
Succession planning is not a simple transaction of replacing one person on your team with another. Rather, individuals and groups in leadership must consider a wide variety of factors--some visible, others invisible--when planning for the future. Think of succession planning as ecosystem management: one cannot simply remove a tree from a forest and plant another and hope that it, much less those trees around it, prospers without a proper plan.
Apostle has been through many "forests" in this sense. We help clients identify their forest and its distinctive characteristics, what factors may be necessary to consider when replacing a tree--especially the big ones (!), and how to chart a path forward to strengthen your organization for the future.