Anne Donovan on Planning for the Future: The Importance of Succession Planning

In this episode of the Find Your Leadership Confidence Podcast, host Vicki Noethling engages in a dynamic conversation with Anne Donovan, a distinguished Human Resources leader renowned for her innovative programs and training that have significantly enhanced employee retention and leadership performance across various industries. Drawing on her expertise in conducting extensive employee feedback research, Anne discusses how she designs initiatives to address underlying workforce issues. The podcast delves into Anne’s notable achievements, including reducing turnover, implementing retention programs, spearheading leadership development initiatives, and creating succession plans. Anne shares insights on leading culture shifts and managing change during challenging times, emphasizing her people-first philosophy in building high-performing teams.

The interview covers a range of intriguing topics, such as the game-changing books Anne has recently read, dispelling misconceptions about HR, addressing the current HR challenges faced by small businesses, the importance of mentoring in career development, overcoming setbacks in her career, and the valuable advice she would give her younger self before starting her business. Anne also reveals her favorite aspects of working in Human Resources and introduces her unique “No Rules Rule.”

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This is the link to my website where listeners can find out more information about employee retention and other human resources services. Listeners can listen to other podcasts that I’ve done and read my blog about employee retention. I love talking about all things human resources and listeners can schedule a call to talk about all thing’s human resources.

https://donovanhrsolutions.com/

Connect With Our Guest

Website: https://donovanhrsolutions.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-donovan-sphr-shrm-scp/

Anne Donovan is a Human Resources leader known for developing new programs and training, dramatically improving employee retention and leadership performance. By conducting extensive employee feedback research, she designs initiatives to address underlying issues across many industries. Organizations value my talent for identifying core workforce needs and taking action to develop and drive projects. Some of Anne’s successes include dramatically reducing turnover, introducing retention programs, spearheading leadership development programs, and creating succession plans. In addition, leading culture shifts and change management during highly stressful times are some of her specialties. She has created high-performing teams by leading with a people-first philosophy. She develops and facilitates Leadership Development workshops with high energy and an eye on drawing people in for maximized learning. Anne’s passion lies in helping companies and people thrive.