Publications

“Career Serendipity: Encourage Employees to Build Their Careers in Your Organization”, The Institute of Executive Development, May 2009

Authors: Barbara Neisendorf and Marcia Witte

Do your Executive and Leadership Development programs and processes encourage employees to build their careers in your organization and enable career self-reliance? Many employees are worried about job security in these times of uncertainty. Their attitudes about work and their performance can be adversely affected. As the economy improves, your top talent may ‘quit and leave’, while others may just ‘quit and stay’. Both present a problem for your organization. This article explores how your employees can create their own career good luck by honing their aptitude for creating serendipitous opportunities—being observant and inquisitive; becoming savvy networkers; using coaching and mentoring effectively; and getting involved beyond their jobs. These are the keys that will open the door to a world of career opportunities in your organization.

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“Create Career Opportunities with Serendipity”, The LEAN Communicator, Ragan Communications, April 2009

Author: Liz Guthridge

Are you and your colleagues practicing career serendipity? That is, are you taking advantage of the opportunities your organization has to offer as well as other chances that may come your way? As employee communications specialists, you can help business leaders encourage their talent to build their careers in your organization. Help employees develop and advance their careers by finding the serendipitous opportunities that your organization has to offer. Enable them to use Career Serendipity to build their careers

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“Career Serendipity: Suddenly Sarah Palin's On The Ticket!”, The Point, Bluepoint Leadership Development, October, 2008

Author: Barbara Neisendorf

In this article the author explores how career twists and turns, ups and downs, and opportunities that seem to come ‘out of the blue’ can be used to build career success.   In your career, as often is the case in life, you discover things that you were not in quest of.  The secret to Career Serendipity is to recognize viable opportunities when they come your way and seize the moment.

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“How to Involve the Board in Executive Growth”, Strategic HR Review, March, 2006

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“Getting on Board: Involving Directors in Leader Development”, Leadership in Action, The Center for Creative Leadership, March, 2006

This article builds the case for increasing the involvement of Boards of Directors in succession and executive development.  It details the five broad approaches being implemented by companies that are successfully driving this activity.

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“Development Planning That Works”, CompOutlook, December, 2005

This article outlines an approach to development planning that enables companies to improve retention and engagement of their talent.  Called “strategic career development planning,” the approach builds around the pillars of Values, Vision, Brand, and Strategy to successfully engage people in career development while integrating with processes already at work in the company.

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“Assuring Ethical and Responsible Leadership: Is Succession Management Up to the Challenge?”, presented at The Conference Board 2004 Succession Management Seminars

This research study seeks answers for the present challenge of ensuring principled business practices in today’s environment of corporate malfeasance and increased corporate regulation. The broadest of its kind, the study brings together the perspectives of CEOs, board members, professional associations for corporate directors and officers, the investment community, government and regulatory agencies, consultancy firms, and academic and research institutions on this sensitive topic. The study was conducted by Neisendorf & Associates in collaboration with Heidrick & Struggles and Lore International Institute.

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“Strengthening Your Company's Talent Bench: Top 10 Action Tips for Succession”, a webinar presentation sponsored by BrassRing.com, August, 2004

What's not currently working in the development and execution of corporate succession programs?

This timely report offers ways you can improve the effectiveness of your succession efforts regardless of where your company is in its succession work.  You'll learn ways to assess, deliver and improve your company's people strategies, yielding a stronger leadership bench and improved retention and motivation of leaders.

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“Trends in Corporate Governance… The Evolving Role of the Board in CEO and 'Back Bench' Senior Executive Succession ”, The Conference Board, ExecutiveAction, No. 104, July 2004

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