"Too often, leaders view succession as the beginning of the end. My experience proved the opposite: It is the start of what comes next, and that shift changed everything," writes the former Mastercard chief people officer.
Many careers no longer resemble ladders but rather look like quilts—assembled from squares of diverse experiences, capabilities and transitions over time.
As the year closes out, employees who leave PTO on the table largely aren't doing so because they don't want the time off; instead, there are problems with the company culture, this expert says.
