Succession Planning and Management: A Guide to Organizational Systems and Practices
by David Berke
Conclusion
The various articles and books summarized in this bibliography have addressed key elements of succession management and planning, including CEO succession, development, high potentials, and succession systems and architecture. A convenient model for organizing those elements includes the following:
• Establishing clear roles
• Determining and implementing appropriate systems and processes
• Ensuring necessary resources
Roles
Whether we are discussing succession processes at the CEO level or below that, much of the literature addresses who is supposed to do what and how they are supposed to do it. For example, many of the articles on CEO succession remind boards of directors of their role and responsibility in the succession process—as ...