Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World's Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent

NEXT STEPS

There are a number of next steps planned, including the implementation in late calendar year 2009 of the IRS Strategic Leadership Succession Management Plan, currently under development. The plan addresses and integrates all components of succession planning from recruiting through performance management.

The WoT “Growing Future Leaders” team has been working closely with the Human Capital Office to review and enhance the IRS succession planning strategy and process. Included are proposals for:

• An integrating mechanism called the “Geographic Talent Board” (GTB), described below;

• Developing high-potential employees using the GTB;

• Reducing the number of leadership competencies;

• Streamlining the LSR process (Lean Six Sigma); ...