Insights, Resources, and Case Studies

Steve Trautman 10/19/20 Steve Trautman 10/19/20

Cultivating Innovation – Using Knowledge Transfer to Critique Ideas

Steve Trautman 9/29/20 Steve Trautman 9/29/20

Cultivating Innovation – Transferring Knowledge from R&D to Production

Each of these questions will spark a discussion with the expert you’re learning from and give you rich context for guiding your ideas to scale. You’ll uncover best practices and potholes alike.

Steve Trautman 10/8/19 Steve Trautman 10/8/19

5 Ways to Make Employee Turnover Your Friend

Steve Trautman 9/17/19 Steve Trautman 9/17/19

A Look Inside ‘Managing Talent Risk’

Steve Trautman 9/18/18 Steve Trautman 9/18/18

Case Study: Disney’s Inadequate Succession Planning And How To Avoid It

Don’t Replace Your Star Executive, Replicate What Makes Them Unique

In April 2016, Disney’s stock price dropped 2% overnight when their COO, Tom Staggs announced his departure from the company. The issue? Tom was the apparent heir for CEO Bob Iger and his announcement signaled an unraveling of the entertainment giant’s succession plans.

Disney’s solution was to ask Iger to extend his contract, which he did – for the third time. Today, more than two years later, Iger is still at the helm with a departure date set for 2019.