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CHROs Share Succession Habits That Prevent Leadership Gaps

July 14, 2026 No Comments

CHROs Share Succession Habits That Prevent Leadership Gaps

Leadership transitions can cripple operations when succession planning is treated as an afterthought rather than a continuous discipline. Chief Human Resources Officers from high-performing organizations have shared sixteen specific habits they use to build resilient leadership pipelines and eliminate single points of failure. These proven practices range from enforcing mandatory vacations that expose knowledge gaps to maintaining live skills matrices that make succession decisions faster and more objective.

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It’s here. And here’s exactly how to use it.

July 7, 2026 No Comments

Writing this book was not a simple process. It required me to be honest about my own failures as a leader, not just the lessons I learned from watching others, but the moments where I was the one who missed. Where I let a standard slip. Where I avoided a conversation I should have had. Where I borrowed against trust I hadn’t fully repaid.

Gearl Loden

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Effective Internal Communication: Tips for Growing Teams

July 2, 2026 No Comments

One of the most common challenges I help leaders navigate as their organizations grow is maintaining clear, trusted communication. Whether I am coaching a superintendent, a CEO, or an executive leading multiple teams, the pattern is remarkably similar. As organizations scale, communication becomes more difficult, and trust becomes easier to lose.

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REVEAL ISSUE SUBJECT LINE: What separates leaders who hold steady from the ones who lose the room?

June 30, 2026 No Comments

“I work with coaches and leaders around the world, and the challenge is always the same: trust is essential but rarely engineered. Before It Breaks turns trust into a buildable system. The seven pillars are the bedrock of human-centered coaching conversations and leadership decisions. The Loden Framework is a valuable tool for any leader and management team that desires to master leadership.”

— Rashid Siddiqui, Co-Founder, International Coaching Institute

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Trust doesn’t just make the work more meaningful. It makes everything faster.

June 23, 2026 No Comments

“HUMANeX has long emphasized that what leaders do drives culture and performance. Our research across over 20,000 teams, from school boards and cabinets to Olympic teams and West Point, highlights trust as the #1 variable in predicting great teams. Before It Breaks turns trust from a vague virtue into a practical leadership operating system, seven behavioral pillars with diagnostics and repair protocols leaders can run under pressure. Trust is the equivalent of oxygen for excellence.”

— Brad Black, President and CEO, HUMANeX Ventures

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"Working with Dr. Loden throughout the years I have been afforded the skillset to better mediate and resolve employee conflict"
Vincent McLemore
Human Resources Director - Elite Advanced Polymers

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