Course objectives:
- Define succession planning
- Use competencies to define organizational succession requirements
- Follow a step by step process to plan succession within their organization
- State the key elements of a performance management process
- Identify the working characteristics of an assessment centre
- Assess individual competency levels
- Link succession planning with manpower planning and career development planning
- Design Individual Development Plans
- Introduce a system of mentoring and coaching within the organization
Who should attend?
All managers who are responsible for career development and succession planning within their organization.
Course Outline:
· Introduction to succession planning
- The costs of avoiding succession planning
- Openness of succession planning
- Decision making: hiring or training for positions
- The value of work experience for managerial ability
- Disaster planning
- Helping to promote organizational excellence
- Succession planning tools and processes
- Competencies in succession planning
- How to identify potential within individuals
- Fast-track routes for some individuals
- Performance management
- Assessment centers
- 360 degree feedback
- Human resource planning tools
- Manpower planning and career development planning
- Designing Individual Development Plans
- Clarifying mentoring and coaching
- The value of a mentor
- Identifying mentors
- Coaching skills
- Coaching: a way of life within the organization
WORKSHOP STYLE:
A mixture of short presentations, interactive discussion, individual exercises and group work. The emphasis throughout is on a practical approach using case material and examples.
