SP Succession Planning

Start Dates: Sep 06, 2010-Sep 17, 2010

Duration

2 Weeks


Course Objectives

Effective succession planning processes allows an organisation to identify and develop various talents pools within its organisation to match future needs with the bench strength of available talent. Developing internal talent is a significant source of savings considering external recruitment and training can be twice as expensive as finding internal successors for example


Who should attend

The course is open to all Senior Staff, Directors, Head of Department, Human Resources Managers, Training Officers, Executives and General Managers who want their office after them


Prerequisites


Course Overview

Business need for creating a strategy for succession planning. Who are the major stakeholders and what do each of these want from the programme
Defining what we mean by succession planning and what to do with the people who are not on the list
Creating a definition of a high performers and the stages within each criteria
Distinguishing between high performers and high potentials, and what issues do we need to and consider for fast tracking
Running a talent programme: What are the key elements and what are some of the activities
The role of the line manager in coaching the talent within their team to ensure the look after your future stars
The critical 8 steps to successfully managing change
Measuring performance of individual, target setting, setting standards and motivating individuals to extra-ordinary success
The feedback fish and performance
The ABCD method for effective 1:2:1’s
Appraisal and why they go wrong
Developing high level communication skills for effective performance and career development in managers and staff
Emotional intelligence: the Generation Leader


Learning Goal

At the end of the course, delegates should know:
How to engage your management team in selecting the right talent strategy
The Best way to distinguish between high performers and high potentials
Whether a talent pool list should be made public or kept secret
The role of line managers and how to ensure they look after your future stars
How to run a talent programme without disenfranchising those off the list
How to get the edge over your competitors by retaining more top talent


Course Materials

Notes, hand outs, CD and, exercise materials.


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