Does Your Organization Have a Plan?

If your business or organization suddenly finds itself without a key team member, who will take responsibility? Many places operate without a succession plan under the philosophy that it will be dealt with when it happens. This lack of a plan may impact leaders, staff, vendors, volunteers, customers, and/or anyone related to or involved with the business or organization. 

Sometimes conversations about the future uncover issues that folks prefer to avoid. Does everyone have a clear understanding of the mission and goals? Are descriptions of all roles and duties clear? Has someone been trained to assume responsibilities in another members’ absence? When will time be set aside to make that happen? Does anyone have the interest, skills, time, and willingness to complete extra duties? Who is really best suited for a particular position? How long will the substitute person assume the role? What will it mean for that person’s current role? How will the key member’s role be permanently filled?

Succession planning requires thoughtful and constructive conversations. Taking time now to plan for the future may insure consistency, longevity, peace of mind, and save time and money. 

Mediation may alleviate these concerns for businesses and organizations and prevent future issues by helping to clarify needs, consider options, and create ideas for resolution in a private, confidential setting. 

Sherry Ann Bruckner

Sherry Ann Bruckner

Most widely known as Lonzo's human, mediator, speaker, and author Sherry Ann Bruckner works with leaders and organizations to create peace, resolve conflict, and transform visions into results.

From her twenty-plus years' experience practicing civil and family law, and her own personal experiences with silence and violence, Sherry Ann understands how much inner peace impacts outer peace. A graduate of Hamline University's College of Liberal Arts and William Mitchell College of Law, she also studied conflict resolution at Rothberg International School in Jerusalem. Sherry serves as a neutral on matters ranging from bias and employment discrimination to marriage dissolution and caring for aging parents. A speaker and trainer on the global stage, Sherry gives you and your audience practical skills and the confidence to use embrace your personal power to create peace. Through helping thousands of people navigate their way through conflict, and finding her own way to inner peace, she shares the transformational power of clarity, compassion, curiosity, and cribbage.

Visit brucknermediation.com/services to learn more or give her a call at (320) 808-3212.
Sherry Ann Bruckner

Be gentle with you. Be gentle with all. Be the peace.