Effective Succession Planning

This guide presents a practical approach which ensures leadership continuity in uncertain times through a formal succession-planning programme. Tailored to work within the uncertainties of the era of downsizing and reengineering, it's a pragmatic resource that provides more than 60 forms, worksheets, graphs and other job aids. The book shows readers to: link the goals of their succession planning programme to corporate goals; formulate forward-thinking internal promotion policies; find and develop high-potential employees for the future; target the necessary training, education and development needs; and deal with special issues, such as building diversity into the process and succession planning the team environment.