SUCCESSION PLANNING
Another recommendation made by the Leadership Action council was to expand the succession planning process to focus on identifying and planning the development of people who can take on expanded leadership roles in the future. Succession planning is done annually and consists of three major steps shown in Figure 13.3.
Identification of Potential Successors and High-Potential Individuals
In this step management identifies candidates who are ready now to fill a critical leadership position should it become vacant and candidates who, with additional development, could fill the position. Plans for all executive and director-level positions are developed. Potential successors are classified as:
• Ready Now: An individual ...
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