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StrategyDriven Succession and Succession Planning Forum
Advancement, transfer, retirement, resignation, and termination are all causes of position vacancies. Regardless of the reason for or timing of a position opening, the organization must continue to function through the subsequent transition. Organizations proactively positioning themselves for personnel changes maintain a higher degree of business continuity; realizing a shallower and shorter productivity dip and pursuing performance improvement more rapidly.
Effective succession and succession planning processes enable smooth transitions of power and operational continuity. Performed well, these processes help ensure the proactive identification and development of an adequate number of candidates to fill potential vacancies, careful selection of the right replacement, thorough preparation of the selectee for his or her new role and organization members to well receive the successor, and advanced provisions to support the entrant with the post transition coaching needed for their and the organization’s success.
Focus of the Succession and Succession Planning Forum
Materials in this forum are dedicated to discussing the leading practices of companies that successfully execute succession and succession planning processes; maximizing the new entrant’s probability of success and the organization’s operational continuity. The following articles, podcasts, documents, and resources cover those topics critical to effective leadership succession.
Articles
Best Practices
- Best Practice – Turnover Checklists [StrategyDriven Premium Content]
- Best Practice – Rotational Development Plans [StrategyDriven Premium Content]
- Best Practice – Continuing Education [StrategyDriven Premium Content]
StrategyDriven Expert Contributor Articles
- The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill
- The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 2 by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill
StrategyDriven Podcasts
StrategyDriven Podcast – Special Edition
- An Interview with Marshall Goldsmith, author of Succession
- An Interview with Nat Stoddard, author of The Right Leader
- An Interview with Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill, co-authors of Surviving the Baby Boomer Exodus, part 1 of 2
- An Interview with Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill, co-authors of Surviving the Baby Boomer Exodus, part 2 of 2
StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.
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Every position in any company will necessarily be different than even the same position within any other organization. These differences stem from the unique organizational personnel, policies, culture, and marketplace positioning and environment. To be best prepared to assume his or her new role, a successor must have a thorough understanding of all of the position’s critical success factors, drivers, and influencers. Turnover checklists leverage the collective experiences of past position holders to help ensure successors receive all of this vital area knowledge.
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