Monthly Archive for March, 2011

Succession Workshop Receives Top Marks

Added on March 26, 2011 at 6:32 am

The feedback from participants who attended our workshop on innovations in succession management just arrived.  The workshop received top marks!

  • 100% of participants strongly agreed that the content was relevant to their workplace.
  • 100% strongly agreed that the workshop was engaging.
  • 100% strongly agreed that the facilitator, Natalie Michael, demonstrated subject matter expertise and was a strong communicator.
  • 80% strongly agreed that the activities and tools helped them to apply the concepts, and 20% agreed.
  • 100% strongly agreed that the pace was appropriate.

When asked how they will apply the concepts, participants said:

  • I will take the lessons from the workshop back to the management team for further discussion.  I will definitely use some of the models presented.
  • One of the best take aways was starting small.
  • I will have certain departments do a succession risk analysis and we will review the common definitions of potential.

This workshop will be offered again in the fall through the BC Human Resources Management Association.  We hope to see you at the next session!

Succession Management Workshop, Victoria

Added on March 15, 2011 at 12:58 pm

Program Summary:

Building internal leadership talent is a growing priority for most organizations. Many companies are seeing a gap between their top level of leaders and the next level and it is a concern giving pending retirements and growth opportunities. In this workshop we will help you address this challenge and provide answers to questions like: “How do you identify and develop your high potential leaders? What do you do if you don’t have enough internal talent? What if the leaders you do have won’t be in ready in time to fill upcoming vacancies?”This program will provide a framework for identifying your top succession risks and it will help you to understand succession issues in business terms. It will also provide an overview of the succession process and key decisions that must be made when designing your program.

You Will Learn:

  • A process for identifying top succession risks
  • A framework for succession management including the key steps in the process
  • Models for assessing employee leadership potential based on the latest research
  • Key practices in Succession 2.0 such as building an internal and external pool
  • You will be given a sample succession scorecard to help you measure the success of your program

To register, please go to www.bchrma.org

Karmichael Chosen for Two Executive Coaching Projects

Added on March 12, 2011 at 7:47 am

Natalie Michael, Executive Coach and Succession Management Consultant has just been selected as one of two Executive Coaches to work on a global College for Leaders program.  In this capacity she will be coaching emerging and established leaders to build their self awareness and improve their leadership capability.  The primary psychometric instrument to be used will be the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator.  Natalie has extensive experience with this instrument and has conducted more than 150 assessment debriefs using the tool.

In addition, The Karmichael Group is now partnering with a global retail organization to build their leadership pipeline and to design their succession management practices.  The project will start with designing the succession management process for their manufacturing division, a part of the business with a significant shortage of leaders.  From there, the engagement will include leadership assessments and executive coaching and The Karmichael Group will train managers throughout the business on how to identify, develop, and retain employees who have the potential to become managers in the future.

We are thrilled to be a part of both of these leadership development projects and we look forward to assisting our clients with improving business performance, changing leadership behaviour, and managing their succession risks.

Karmichael Article Published in Outlook Magazine

Added on March 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm

If you want to learn more about how o extract value from 360 feedback and how to gracefully handle constructive criticism, see Natalie’s article in the latest issue of Update Magazine published by the CMA Association.

To view the article click on the link below and turn to page 13 of the online magazine.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546b08e7#/546b08e7/12