Succession Planning Is A Process: Here’s How To Get Started

What is succession planning? One answer is that it is a system designed to ensure that your organization has leadership continuity in mission critical staff positions. I would also argue that it is a plan for helping organizations either obtain or develop the individual executive competencies necessary in coming years. Or as my colleague Monica E. Oss notes in her cover this month (see Planning For The Leaders You Need—In The Future) how do you identify and obtain “who you need”?

On a positive note, some staff and executives will have all these traits you need. Some will have . . .