Succession Planning Made Simple (?)

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Succession Planning Made Simple (?)

• by
• Dick Reed
• Commission on POST

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Succession Planning Cycle

• Recruitment (incentive to hire)
• Training (present liability mining potential)
• Retention (give em an excuse to stay)
• Career Path (hope for upward mobility)
• Mentoring (modeling bahavior)
• Promotion (move em along compensate accordingly
  see Retention)

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Planning Cycleper HBR (attachment)

• Focus on Opportunities for Development
• Identify Linchpin Positions
• Make the System Transparent
• Measure Progress Regularly
• Be Flexible

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Start Researching Here

• www.post.ca.gov
• Library, Clearinghouse Resources
• - Library Catalog
• -- Search for Articles
• State Library should have full text copies of all
  articles listed on enclosed hardcopy printout.

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Famous Succession Planning Quotes

• Theres more than one way to skin a Succession
  Plan! Hudson Bay Company 1803
• The journey of a thousand miles begins with the
  first article on Succession Planning! Hannibal
  182 B.C
• Failure to plan for succession is planning to
  fail. J. K. Williams President CEO (ret)
  Williams Buggy Whip Co., Inc. 1902
• Getcherbuttingear!!! My father 1955