Succession Planning Starts on Day One — John Scott on Team Leadership Skills

The team leadership skills that decide who replaces you get built years before you leave.Most succession planning happens far too late to be planning at all — and by then the market has usually made the decision for you.In this episode of The Leader's Mindset, Jason LeDuc talks with John Scott — a CPA and tax partner at a nearly 500-person firm, where he also leads the virtual CFO practice for law firms — about why the average age of your leadership group predicts your company's future better than your revenue does.What you'll learn:- Why a partner group averaging in its 40s is healthy, and one drifting past 50 means you are about to be acquired- The leadership development mistake that cost one firm its independence: nobody trained the next generation- Why emerging leaders leave when they cannot see a path up, even when they like the work- The promotion exercise that ends the argument — "write the case for how you are already doing the next job"- Why the hardest part of a merger is two good cultures that simply are not the same- The leadership skills young professionals lose when AI does all the entry-level repsHow to reach John Scott:Firm website: anderscpa.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-c-scott-cpa/

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