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Succession planning 101: A step-by-step guide for small businesses

Business Management Daily

To avoid the stress and uncertainty of these transitions, it’s helpful to create a formal succession plan for your most critical roles to prevent operational disruptions when the time comes for a key employee to leave your organization. What is succession planning?

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Employee Engagement: Use a Systemic Approach

HR Bartender

Employee engagement continues to be a challenge for organizations. I believe two of the reasons that companies struggle with engagement are 1) It’s hard to define and 2) it has a lot of moving parts. For example, employee motivation is a key driver in employee engagement. I really like the virtual format.

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What Are the Seven Steps to Succession Planning?

Intoo USA

Succession planning—a process for creating and maintaining a talent pipeline —is a necessary part of talent management, and is something you’ll appreciate having done especially when faced with a sudden, unexpected event. Who should participate in succession planning? The Seven Steps to Succession Planning.

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How to capture institutional knowledge

Insperity

When your employees stay in the same role for extended periods, they accrue institutional knowledge – or information and understanding about the systems, relationships and tactics that make your company run optimally. Succession planning. That is, unless you have a system for regularly capturing institutional knowledge.

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Chief Talent Officer: Everything To Know About This Role

Analytics in HR

The chief talent officer creates processes to optimize hiring, build relationships for candidate pipelining and succession planning, and manage short and long-term staffing requirements. Finding and developing them is critical to your business’s success. People are your most important resource in the organization.

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5 Metrics for Effective Succession Planning

Cornerstone On Demand

Succession planning is, at its best, the crux of your company's talent management strategy. If you do it right, every employee — from the entry-level associate to the VP — should have clear pathway to success in your company. Talent Management Succession Planning Career Planning Talent Management

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HR Year-End Checklist: 10 Critical Areas to Assess

Extensis

Strategic planning The final months of the year are a great time to pause and plan for potential future business dynamics. By prioritizing these planning efforts, organizations can secure a competitive advantage and maintain continuity in an ever-evolving business environment.