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The Talent Wave
Why Succession Planning Fails and What to Do About It
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If succession planning works, how do the wrong people so often get to the top? Succession planning was once the key to identifying potential leaders to fill important positions. However, in today's rapidly evolving business world traditional succession planning is no longer a viable strategy with research showing that 70% of succession plans fail within two years, simply from lack of management support.
In a climate of growing skills shortages and lack of confidence in leadership potential, David Clutterbuck offers a new a process of dialogue between an organization and its employees. The Talent Wave presents a dynamic, flexible approach to succession planning and talent management. Clutterbuck first demolishes most of accepted practice in these areas, and then presents practical solutions which align employee ambitions and business priorities to ensure that organizations have the right leadership in place for ongoing success.
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Table of contents
- Chapter - 00: Introduction;
- Chapter - 01: What’s wrong with succession planning?;
- Chapter - 02: A systemic perspective on succession and talent;
- Chapter - 03: What do we mean by leadership?;
- Chapter - 04: The critical challenges: what is talent?;
- Chapter - 05: Aligning careers and business needs;
- Chapter - 06: The critical challenges: the maturity question;
- Chapter - 07: Pools, pipelines or waves?;
- Chapter - 08: Critical conversations;
- Chapter - 09: Conversation 1: the inner dialogue;
- Chapter - 10: Conversation 2: stakeholder dialogue;
- Chapter - 11: Conversation 3: between the organization and employees;
- Chapter - 12: Conversation 4: between social networks;
- Chapter - 13: Succession planning for a dynamic world
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- Insightful, leading edge and practical. An essential guide for senior leaders and HR professionals.
- Chris Roebuck, Visiting Professor, Cass Business School and former Global Head of Talent & Leadership UBS
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