INDEX

A

Action report, 115, 117

Assessment, organizational. See Organizational assessment

B

Board of directors, 9

Business, guiding questions for information gathering about, 143–161

Business case

components of, 45–46

definition of, 37

executive summary of, 43

presentation of, 37–38

purpose of, 37

stakeholders involved in, 38

structure of, 43–46

succession planning scope presented in, 38–43

Business plan, 20

Business strategy

in organizational assessment, 20

succession planning as, 9–13, 48

C

CEO (chief executive officer)

description of, 9–10

external candidates as, 107

guiding questions for position of, 61–65

internal candidates as, 107

selection of, 107

successor for, 66

CFO (chief financial officer), 12

CIO (chief information technology officer), ...

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