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09/26/2025
John R Mackay
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John R. Mackay has over four decades of experience helping entrepreneurs, primarily in owner-managed businesses, improve their profitability by understanding their strengths and weakness. Since 1982, John has been conducting benchmarking studies for trade associations. Prior to forming the Mackay Research Group, John was Vice President of the Profit Planning Group. In 2004, Mackay spun-off a segment of PPG to form the Mackay Research Group. John received his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and his MBA from the University of Colorado.
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Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
Mary C. Kelly
Leaders leave. It's inevitable. It might even happen today. Are you prepared? Every organization needs a plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. WHO COMES NEXT? solves that problem and easily guides you through the steps of creating and implementing a viable succession plan.
This essential guidebook simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. You’ll find a comprehensive action plan, a library of all the tools needed to develop and sustain your plan, and a resource guide. You’ll learn how to:
- Communicate with customers about the change
- Identify talent gaps in your succession plan
- Decide which succession planning model to adapt
- Find the next generation of leadership within your organization
- Handle the unique emotional complexities of succession in a family-owned business
Whether you are part of a small, family business, a Fortune 500 company, or a non-profit, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?