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Succession Planning: Essential Guide for HR

AIHR

Succession planning is essential to ensure critical roles in a company are not left vacant for extended periods or filled by people who don’t have the skills or knowledge to perform in the role. That means that over half of the organizations the surveyed HR professionals work at didn’t have a plan.

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How to Overcome These 7 Succession Planning Challenges

AIHR

Succession planning is a complex process, especially in the fast-changing economic environment that we find ourselves in. To help you successfully guide your organization through these dynamic times, let’s take a look at the most common succession planning challenges and how you can overcome them.

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What is Succession Planning and Why is It Important?

BetterUp

Therefore, succession planning is vital to minimize gaps in leadership positions. But succession planning is more than simply bridging the gap between open roles and leadership positions. In many ways, succession planning is about leadership development to make sure your workforce can reach its fullest potential.

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How To Implement A Successful Succession Plan

Forbes Leadership

Your succession plan should take this into consideration. The working landscape has changed.

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Small Business Succession Plan 101

Zenefits

According to Deloitte, only 1 in 4 private company boards has a succession plan in place. For small businesses, the number of business owners who have a documented business succession plan is even lower, with just 1/3 being prepared for an eventual transfer. What is a business succession plan? Back to Vote.

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How rigorous is your succession planning process and execution of it?

Thought Leaders LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How rigorous is your succession planning process and execution of it? Extremely — we know who’s going where next and execute the plan well 5.24%. Very — we know where most people are headed and generally execute the plan 20.95%.

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Creating A Culture For Succession Planning

Forbes Leadership

Leadership is ultimately about legacy, and legacy is ultimately about leaving the organization better off than its current state.