DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Southern Company uses a variety of methods to develop successors and high-potential individuals. Job assignments, development moves, and special assignments are the primary methods of development. Developmental assignments flow from succession planning and management reviews. Development assignments are monitored at the corporate/operating company/business unit level. As a practice, all open positions below the executive level are posted on an internal job board. Development moves are an exception to this practice and generally require executive approval.
Senior Leader Development Program
A gap in development efforts was that high-potential middle managers were not prepared to move into officer positions. An educational ...