
Figure 9-2. Creating a ‘‘What-If’’ talent scenario chart to address the potential loss of a company
director.
The ‘‘What-If’’ Talent Scenario Chart
Talent Change
Event Potential Impact Preemptive Actions Supportive Actions
Loss of Jennie
Star, our director
of New Business
Development, to
a competitor over
the next twelve
months.
Potential six-month delay in
our acquisition review of
Delta Corp.
Potential loss of S. Smith
and D. Gupta, Jennie’s
NBD Managers.
S. Smith would need to step
in as interim manager,
preventing her planned
promotion to our DIS
division.
Might be an appropriate
time to consider merging
our New Business
Development and Business
Analysis