Succession Planning That Works: The Critical Path of Leadership Development

by Michael Timms

Many attempts to establish a succession plan fail. Why? They run up against insurmountable implementation challenges, or weak executive commitment and follow-through.
Succession Planning That Works: The Critical Path of Leadership Development is a step-by-step guide to help HR professionals and senior leaders develop a succession plan that delivers a measurable return on investment.
Based on in-depth interviews with senior executives from nearly 50 organizations, Succession Planning That Works reveals not only the most important components of effective succession planning, but also the most effective order in which to put them into practice.
Packed with real-world examples, Succession Planning That Works shows how real companies have attempted to tackle succession planning issues and examines both their victories and their failures to highlight the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Topics include:
• 13 reasons to begin succession planning now
• How to calculate the ROI of promoting from within
• The Succession Planning Critical Path – the most efficient and effective way to implement a succession plan
• How to gain or strengthen executive buy-in for succession planning
• How to measure your success
Also included are 20 downloadable templates and tools to help make succession planning easier to comprehend and implement.

Genres: Business

183 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 7, 2016

About the author

Michael Timms is an internationally sought-after speaker, consultant and best-selling author who teaches leaders how to inspire greatness in their teams. Michael is the author of the book How Leaders Can Inspire Accountability which the world’s #1 leadership coach, Marshall Goldsmith, called “the ultimate guide for embracing accountability as a leader” and is the basis of his renowned TEDx talk. His first book, Succession Planning That Works, received critical acclaim as “an invaluable guide for identifying, and taking advantage of, talent within organizations.”

Reviews

[Bonnie Endicott]

I was seeking new perspectives on succession planning, and came across this book. I appreciate Timms step-by-step approach to succession planning that uses talent and leadership development initiatives to create and develop pipelines for critical roles.

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[Zubair · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear, precise and actionable

I stumbled upon this amazing book when doing a quick search for books on succession planning. Finished reading the book in two days because it is so well written. Not only does the author simplify and break down SP techniques but does so by providing real world examples of methods used in top companies and top HR professionals. Being a HR professional myself, this is reassuring. The advice provided is practical and steps to implement a good SP system are sequential. A book that actually provides you a step by step procedure to implement a SP system in your organisation. Thank you so much Michael Timms and please continue to assist professionals such as myself who require simple advice and solutions to business problems.

[Yendry Guerrero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ussefull

Its an excelent overwiev about talent management, with very good examples and steps for implement the succesion process.

The author find the way to be simple and deeper at the same time.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

The other books on succession planning I’ve read have been really boring and not that useful. This one was pretty good given the nature of the topic. It is focused on succession planning at every level of the organization rather than just succession planning for the top leader (which is more what I'm looking for right now). It definitely shifted my view of how to approach leadership development within the company. I now see leadership as an essential part of creating an organization that lasts.