Succession Planning & Management

SUITABLE FOR:

Manpower Planners, Career Development Managers/Superintendents, Personnel Managers, Personnel Specialists, Personnel Officers, Managers of large departments who have responsibility for staffing, recruitment and succession planning.

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, delegates will have:

• Understand the importance of succession planning in a business context
• Be aware of the importance of linking succession planning with leadership development
• Be able to create and implement recruitment strategy in line with organisational strategy
• Be able to conduct performance appraisals more effectively
• Be able to implement strategies through a career management programme to ensure that key staff are retained
• Have developed the necessary skills to create effective succession plans

SUMMARY:

People are the critical factor in the performance of organisations – success depends on how effectively resources are analysed and controlled – the key to this is the manpower and succession planning. In today's business getting the right people for the right job is the key to maintaining and improving competitive advantage for the organisation. Topics include:

Introduction to Succession Planning & Management

• Manpower levels and deployment requirements
• The management of change - HR planning and future directions
• A Business focused Manpower Plan
• The importance of succession planning within a HR system
• Case study

Succession Planning and Leadership Development

• Paying attention to the skills required for Senior Management positions
• Creating an educational system that can help managers develop these skills

Recruitment and Selection

• Linking recruitment strategy with the organisation strategy
• Principles of recruitment and selection
• The competency based approach
• Assessment centre design
• Developing and evaluating strategies
• Exercise

Performance Management

• Performance Management - The Principles
• SMART
• VIDEO: Targeting for Performance: Setting SMART standards
• Programme and Curriculum design
• Skills, competencies and support processes
• Balance scorecard
• Implementing performance management
• VIDEO: Performance Appraisals: Getting Results
• Managing rewards

Career Planning

• How to assess employee potential
• Retention of key staff
• Exercise

Creating a Succession Plan

• A step by step guide to creating the plan
• Case study

Case studies and Practical Group Work