Succession Planning
48mAdvanced2022-04-19
Authors

Bonnie Hagemann
Course details
Succession planning ensures that there are highly qualified people in all of your mission critical positions—not just today, but tomorrow, next year, and five years from now. These rich talent review sessions help leaders understand their current bench strength and make plans for improvement. In this course, learn the step-by-step process for implementing and facilitating a robust succession planning process. Discover how to build an approach that will allow your organization to keep its leadership pipeline full and flowing. Having the right people in the right places will ensure that your talent is your competitive advantage.
Learning objectives
Match succession planning to your organization's long-term goals.
Identify ideal qualities for potential successors.
Identify your mission-critical positions.
Describe the importance of succession committees.
Prepare to build a plan for senior leaders.
Learning objectives
Match succession planning to your organization's long-term goals.
Identify ideal qualities for potential successors.
Identify your mission-critical positions.
Describe the importance of succession committees.
Prepare to build a plan for senior leaders.
Skills covered
Executive LeadershipLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Securing your company with succession planning
1. Getting Started
- 02 - Overcoming succession planning resistance
- 03 - Succession planning alignment with company values
- 04 - Which positions to include when succession planning
- 05 - Succession planning communication and timeline
- 06 - Succession committees
2. Who to Include in Succession Discussions
- 07 - Talent review session number one
- 08 - Incumbent overview and recommendations
- 09 - Committee candidate discussion
- 10 - Preparing for talent review session number two
3. Deciding on Potential Successors
- 11 - Talent review session number two
- 12 - Potential successors leadership development
4. Documentation and Metrics
- 13 - Briefing the leadership team with your succession plan
- 14 - Board documentation and dialogue
- 15 - Establishing succession metrics
Conclusion
- 16 - Strengthening your succession knowledge
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