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Recession-Proof Lessons of Succession - Click To Read Article
This article is based on the author’s experience in partnering with a Level 5 CEO who was orchestrating his own succession. This leadership transition represented the first at this level since the 153-year-old company became an employee owned business in a buyout from the last family owner. The company became employee-owned after 140 years of family ownership, growing more than 10 times in 10 years following the transfer of ownership. They have sustained more than 10 years of consecutive profitability as a privately held organization. Today, they generate revenue of more than $1.5 billion with over 2,500 employees of whom more than 300 are stockholders.

From Radicals to Retirees - Click To Read Article
This article, published in the June edition of Winning Workplaces, will help you discover proactive ways to address the impact of the loss of boomer employees and ways to meet the needs of workers over 50.

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Kris Jensen has more than 30 years of experience in corporate America advising CEOs, executives and managers regarding human resource strategy and working with employees to help them create and sustain productive workplaces. She has been an integral member of an executive team to transition a Board of Directors� governance structure and establish a process for the succession of a CEO, recently published in WorkSpan magazine. Today, Kris is the Vice President of Corporate Services for Wisdom Worker Solutions�. She joined WWS after serving as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for The Weitz Company, a $1.5 billion national commercial contractor where among her other accomplishments, she created a best-in-class leadership development program. Prior to her work with Weitz, Kris spent 18 years with The Principal Financial Group, an international financial services firm, as a human resource professional assuming the leadership of their employment, administration, succession planning, training and development, Affirmative Action and diversity functions. She holds a Bachelors degree in Industrial Administration Behavioral Management and is the author of numerous articles and books. She is a contributing author of the soon-to-be published Motivating Millenials.

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