In this course, Understanding Succession Planning, you’ll learn about the basic phases of succession planning, like identifying vulnerable positions…
In this course, Understanding Succession Planning, you’ll learn about the basic phases of succession planning, like identifying vulnerable positions and successors, creating a succession planning committee, refining a talent pipeline, and developing your internal talent. You’ll also learn some strategies for forecasting when positions will become vacant so you can meet these needs accordingly.
This course also offers some tips for making your succession planning a success by leveraging buy-in from company leadership. Succession planning helps companies keep their performance stable, especially during times of change. It helps you identify which positions are most important to fill and potential vacancies that could arise due to retirement, structural changes, or turnover. It also takes a proactive approach by planning how to retain institutional knowledge that could be lost when employees leave the organization. Some staffing needs can be anticipated, like retirement or a transfer to a new position, but some are less predictable. People can leave for other companies, retire unexpectedly, or be terminated. It may take time to manage and develop your talent to meet these needs, so it’s important to forecast future needs. Having a plan in place helps the company when unexpected circumstances arise. For succession planning to succeed, you’ll need senior managers and leaders to support the plan, and this course will cover how to use analytics to craft a narrative that combats resistance to the succession plan.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the characteristics of a talent pipeline
- Identify the key components of succession planning
- Analyze employees using growth potential, flight risk, and turnover rate
- Examine strategies to gain leadership buy-in for succession planning
Skills you’ll gain
Workforce DevelopmentWorkforce OptimizationWhat You'll Learn
- Identify vulnerable positions and potential successors as part of succession planning
- Describe the characteristics of a talent pipeline and refine it to develop internal talent
- Analyze employees using growth potential, flight risk, and turnover rate
- Forecast when positions will become vacant so staffing needs can be met accordingly
- Examine strategies to gain leadership buy-in for succession planning
- Identify the key components of succession planning, including creating a succession planning committee
Key Takeaways
- Succession planning helps companies keep their performance stable, especially during times of change.
- It helps identify which positions are most important to fill and potential vacancies arising from retirement, structural changes, or turnover.
- A proactive succession plan helps retain institutional knowledge that could be lost when employees leave the organization.
- Some staffing needs can be anticipated, such as retirement or transfers, while others are less predictable, so forecasting future needs is important.
- For succession planning to succeed, senior managers and leaders must support the plan, and analytics can be used to craft a narrative that combats resistance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in this course?
You'll learn about the basic phases of succession planning, including identifying vulnerable positions and successors, creating a succession planning committee, refining a talent pipeline, and developing your internal talent, as well as strategies for forecasting when positions will become vacant.
Why is succession planning important?
Succession planning helps companies keep their performance stable, especially during times of change, by identifying which positions are most important to fill and taking a proactive approach to retaining institutional knowledge that could be lost when employees leave.
How does this course address resistance to a succession plan?
The course covers how to use analytics to craft a narrative that combats resistance to the succession plan and how to leverage buy-in from company leadership, since senior managers and leaders need to support the plan for it to succeed.
What topics do the lessons cover?
The lessons include an Introduction, an Overview of Succession Planning, Forecasting Future Needs (Parts 1 and 2), Making Succession Planning a Success, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
What skills does this course focus on?
This course focuses on Workforce Development and Workforce Optimization.
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Do you have a plan in place for if someone in an important role leaves your company? How can you be sure that internal employees are ready to take on new roles? Succession planning helps companies put the right people in the right positions now and in the future. Welcome to KnowledgeCity's Course Understanding Succession Planning. This course will help you keep your company stable during times of change by planning for potential vacancies and developing internal talent. Plan ahead for your company's future needs by identifying critical roles and creating a succession planning committee and generate buy-in for your succession plan by analyzing key metrics and creating a narrative to overcome resistance. Don't let unexpected vacancies harm your company's productivity. Be proactive with our course, Understand succession planning.
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