Six succession planning myths debunked.

Business Credit;  July 1, 2006 ;     587 words ......fewer than 60 percent of companies have...common myths about succession planning. Myth #1: If there...imminent retirements, succession planning needn't be a top...Capital H, nearly 22 percent of respondents...time. Myth #2: Succession planning is only an ...

Matching talent with tasks: Dole implements succession planning to get...

HRMagazine;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the top. Knowing Your People Succession planning used to mean that a company president...then any child would do. Today, succession planning--also called workforce planning...where they need development. Succession planning helps HR and managers know what...of the organization, he ...

Succession planning not limited to the C-suite.(Executive...

HRMagazine;  April 1, 2008 ;     376 words ......organizations perform succession planning; among that number, 63 percent focus on the...results. Although succession planning for most organizations...top end--64 percent of 750 companies...represented in succession planning is 54 percent, up from 44...

Increasing Succession Planning

Healthcare Executive;  May 1, 2005 ;     620 words ......positions, succession planning is practiced...hospitals (21 percent) than it is...been part of a succession planning process (23 percent versus 13 percent). But overall...literature shows succession planning can make a...

Failing at succession planning.(surveys)(Brief article)

HRMagazine;  July 1, 2006 ;     309 words ......enough attention to succession planning, according to a recent...survey respondents (43 percent) have no clear process...boards to think about succession planning as a process, says...Further, because 40 percent to 60 percent of...to be involved in succession ...

Succession planning of the appraisal profession.(ISSUES)

Valuation Insights & Perspectives;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...THE ESSENCE OF SUCCESSION PLANNING IS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY THROUGH...his 2005 article, Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity...William J. Rothwell said succession planning can be defined as a deliberate...this definition illustrates, succession ...

Succession planning: an idea whose time has come.

Public Management;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......be chilling. About 80 percent of senior and middle...retirement now. The percentage of those eligible for...high. In fact, 46.3 percent of government workers...sector, where just 31.2 percent are 45 years old and...effective approach is succession planning, which contributes ...

Succession planning as a retention tool: in current tough times,...

Financial Executive;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......that hovers around 2 percent for those with college...issue. Fifty-four percent of finance and human...view of their needs. Succession planning initiatives can help...organization's future. But succession planning may seem like a luxury...could also be forcing succession ...

Succession planning often blocked at the door. (Agent/Broker)

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  May 23, 1994 ;     411 words ......overwhelming majority (83 percent) of producers polled by...meeting said they engaged in succession planning for business owners. Of...finding the funds for the succession plan, paying premiums and...business represented between 1 percent and 24 percent of their 1993 sales. Another ...

Exit Strategy.(Succession planning)

US Banker;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of leadership and succession planning services at Saratoga...detailed blueprint. Succession planning should be a routine...who specializes in succession planning. Even if you're a...that fewer than 50 percent have addressed the...meaningfully, with 19 percent not ...

Succession Progression: Part 2 of 2; Done with the right technology,...

Workforce Management;  January 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......focus WellPoint's succession planning and talent development...2005, just 40 percent of U.S. adults...That's up four percentage points from 2004...cry from the 55 percent that said the...1997. WellPoint's succession-planning process is key...effect to the ...

Grooming successors. (Succession Planning).

Financial Executive;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Succession planning is essentially...The purpose of succession planning is to ensure...reasons. Ideally, succession planning is a formal...the 50 or so percent with formal...it had put a succession plan in place...companies, 100 percent of the executives...For ...

Succession planning vital for family-owned construction firms.

Leaders' Edge;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......done ownership succession planning. Fifty-nine percent had ownership...to ownership succession planning. About half (52 percent) of all companies...of ownership succession planning were: no need for a plan (29 percent) and lack of...

Developing a strong bench. (succession planning)

HRMagazine;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......International doesn't practice classic succession planning, the company takes a very rigorous...says Larson. FOUR GENERATIONS OF SUCCESSION PLANNING Succession planning can be categorized into four...author of the book Effective Succession Planning (AMACOM, 1995). Most ...

Managing in the new millennium; succession planning: not just for the c...

Supervision;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the need to address succession planning has become increasingly...that concerns about succession planning are among the top items...executive groups cited succession planning. Only those organizations...organizations today feed into succession planning. For example, the ...