Succession Planning that Counts

Workshop Overview

As a leader, you know that forward planning is an important responsibility. One aspect of forward thinking that is often overlooked or deferred is the challenge and responsibility of succession planning. How prepared is your organization, not only for the short and mid-term manpower needs, but also for the long-term growth of talent? How prepared are you as one of your organization’s leaders? This course is designed to provide you and your organization with the tools and results needed to ensure smooth human resource transitions through both short and long timeframes.

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for all leaders responsible for their organization’s succession planning, including Executives, Middle Managers, and Human Resource Specialists.

What You will Learn

Participants will:

• Understand the importance that succession planning plays in the success of any organization.
• Understand the essential stages of succession planning and their roles within the process.
• Learn and practice effective succession planning techniques.
• Plan to use the techniques in the workplace.
  
  

After the Workshop, You'll Be Able To:

• Determine where your organization is now, relative to succession planning, and where you want and need to be.
• Identify competencies.
• Establish a Human Resources Inventory.
• Create individual Career Paths.
• Work with employees to customize Individual Development Plans.
• Link succession planning to performance management.
• Link succession planning to effective on-going coaching.
• Understand the significance of documentation.
• Plan for continuous monitoring.
  
  

Other Features

This program as outlined is a two-day classroom seminar that provides the knowledge and skills for Succession Planning. As an alternative, we offer the program in two additional formats:

• A Facilitation service in which we work with your leaders to create a detailed succession planning roadmap (a mutually agreed upon predetermined period of time).
• A combination of classroom seminar and facilitation service in which your leaders learn the skills of succession planning and produce a detailed succession planning roadmap (involves a mutually agreed upon predetermined period of time).

Contact Us

If you have a question or would like to talk with us about your training project, please contact us.