Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition

A Quick Review of Succession and Development

For most organizations, the succession and development process is implemented to help the organization meet its future needs for executive and management talent. Some of these companies also include key technical or functional positions in the succession and development process. Some implement the process for a small number of key positions; others apply it at virtually every management level.

In nearly every case, the succession and development process includes some version of each of these key steps:

• Identify those critical positions that are to be included in the process. These could be executive-level, management, or key technical/functional jobs.
• Define the capabilities that each of those positions ...