Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity and Building Talent from Within
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Organizations that don’t take steps to address future talent needs at all levels will face some major obstacles when undervalued key employees get burned out and leave you to fend for yourself.
Nobody likes to lose good employees. But sometimes the loss of a key employee can be disruptive to the business at best, and completely disastrous at worst. The most comprehensive book on the subject, the fifth edition of the bestselling Effective Succession Planning covers every base of how to address future talent needs before a crisis hits, including how to:
- Identify competencies and clarify organizational values
- Plan for and quickly fill crucial vacancies at all levels
- Develop and retain top talent
- Assess current needs and future resources for seamless succession planning
Updated with current best practices, trends, and technology, the latest edition also includes: succession planning for small businesses and nonprofits; replacement planning; transition management; downsizing; international issues; mergers and acquisitions as a talent strategy; and succession planning for technical positions as well as roles built on longstanding social relationships.
Don’t risk the loss of your most valued employees and their accumulated wisdom and experience that has been key to your company’s success for many years. Effective Succession Planning is your go-to indispensable guide for avoiding the catastrophe that losing them would bring.
William Rothwell
WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL, PH.D., SPHR, CPLP FELLOW, is Professor of Workplace Learning and Performance at Pennsylvania State University and President of Rothwell Associates, a premier human resources consulting firm.
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Reviews for Effective Succession Planning
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great material. Too much to absorb without substantial personal outlining of the book or a much needed improved table to contents by the author.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Rothwell’s assertion, The continued survival of the organization depends on having the right employees in the right positions at the right time, is very much a truism. But the question is how do you respond to this truth? Rothwell’s succession planning assumes that God is not going to support your customers as your company’s ability to meet their needs are threatened by the loss of an employee. Perhaps that’s why it’s necessary. Companies no longer have God’s support as they serve customer’s urges rather than their needs. Since God cannot be expected to rise up someone to ensure that your business’s frivolous outputs can continue uninterrupted, businesses are forced into an overly bureaucratic approach to ensuring continuity through retirements and unplanned departures. It’s like a family not only having life insurance policies but also having potential spouses picked out in case tragedy strikes a parent (or they decide to divorce). This never occurs in healthy families because of two factors which are not present in today’s businesses:1. There is an assumed life-long dedication to the family unit where commitment rules regardless of how well the family unit is serving the person’s need. The family unit’s need trump personal fulfillment.2. It is assumed that if the unexpected happens, God will provide. It’s not that families do (or shouldn’t) do anything to prepare for the worst, but undo expenditures of time are not only unjustified, they are inherently faithless—revealing that you don’t believe God would provide and sustain through tragedy.