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Succession Planning as a Management Strategy
Session Type: Management
Track Number: M-16
Location: San Diego Convention Center
Room: 11
Speaker: Karl F. Borgstrom, Ph.D., Training Consultant
Date: Monday, October 24, 2011
Time: 8:00 AM
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8:50 AM
Date: Monday, October 24, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM
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9:50 AM
Description:
As the term “planning” would suggest, dealing with leadership succession should not wait until the future of your business is threatened by the departure of key management personnel due to retirement, career/company changes, or some unexpected, catastrophic personal event. This course addresses the need and methods for integrating succession planning into corporate development and risk management strategies to achieve a broader goal of enhanced company performance.
Learning Outcomes: Attendees will learn:
· What’s at stake--the scope and vital factors of developing a succession strategy.
· What to look for in identifying and evaluating potential leaders.
· How to prepare rising managers to assume leadership roles.
Speaker Bio:
Karl Borgstrom is an organization leadership, planning and training consultant with more than 40 years of senior executive and CEO-level experience in higher education and non-profit management. He has managed a number of design and construction industry organizations since moving to Washington, DC in 1985, including serving as the first executive director of the Construction Management Association, as CEO of the Construction Specifications Institute, and as executive director of NECA-MEI from 2000-2002.
Karl has given numerous seminars and written articles on industry topics, including executive leadership development, construction project delivery methods and information management. He has represented the industry to legislatures and agencies at the federal and state level, and worked to build collaboration among design and construction trade and professional associations.
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Karl earned his M.Ed. from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Education from U.C. Santa Barbara.
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