CHAPTER 3

Image

Moving to a State-of-the-ArtApproach

What is the present status of succession planning in many organizations? And what characteristics do state-of-the-art succession planning and management programs have in common? This chapter answers these two profound questions.

The Present Status of Succession Planning Programs

Few organization leaders today believe that their organizations are performing well enough on succession planning. The results of many surveys support that assertion.

A December 2010 online survey of 1,098 senior midlevel managers, conducted by the American Management Association Enterprise, focused on perceptions of corporate ...

Get Effective Succession Planning, 5th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.