Succession Management
With the number of retiring baby boomers reaching its peak, organizations need a strategy to retain the knowledge and expertise that makes your company successful. Succession Management is a process to structure and plan for the development and replacement of key employees over a period of time.
Succession Management will incorporate the appropriate steps for your business to:
- Determine which competencies are required for senior positions
- Identify key positions, replacement challenges, technical expertise, geographic location and other factors for attraction and retention
- Identify high potential employees
- Construct a course of action linked to the business strategy for a comprehensive program that may include (mentoring programs, access to materials to support learning, developmental assignments and projects, learning networks and career paths for progression
- Ensure HR programs and processes support Succession Management
- Encourage and support individual advancement
- Build a culture that supports Succession Management
