People + Strategy Journal

Fall 2021

Rebuilding the C-Suite

Succession planning as a discipline is stale and its outputs are largely undifferentiated from those 30 years ago. But the world has shifted on its axis, and it is time for a different array of strategies, tactics—and results.

FEATURES

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Directors Failing to Act Is the Biggest Barrier to the Boardroom
Rusty O’Kelley and Dean Stamoulis, 
Russell Reynolds Associates’ Board and CEO Advisory Partners, 
and PJ Neal, Russell Reynolds Associates’ Center for Leadership Insight


Stephen Miles, The Miles Group, and Deb Bubb, Optum




Charles Tharp and Kenneth Freeman, 
Boston University Questrom School of Business

DEPARTMENTS



Message from the President 
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
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From the Executive Editor 
David Reimer


The Big Question
Executives Must Create the Leaders to Fill Their Shoes
John Flint, Ernest W. Marshall, Jr., and Marty Wikstrom

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In First Person



Directors Roundtable
Moderator: Adam Bryant
Participants: Robert Eckert, Dambisa Moyo, Georgia Nelson

Linking Theory + Practice
Anthony J. Nyberg, Adam L. Steinbach, Bradley A. Winn




The Takeaway: A Discussion Guide