Weekly Poll - Grooming Leaders
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sent, 1565 received (response rate = 22.9%).
• Fielded December 2 – 9, 2003; presentation
generated on December 9, 2003.
• Margin of error is +/- 5.3%
SHRM Weekly Online Poll: December 2, 2003
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What is your HR department doing to help
management groom future leaders? (Please select all
that apply.)
59.6%
51.0%
40.4%
35.1%
32.3%
24.0%
21.2%
16.2%
5.6%
Professional
Developm ent
Opportunities
Developing Leaders
Designing succession
plans
Form al m entoring
program s
Other (please specify)
SHRM Weekly Online Poll: December 2, 2003
© 2003 SHRM
What is your HR department doing to help
management groom future leaders? (Please select all
that apply.)
Choice
Count
Percent of
Sample
Designing succession plans
116
32.3%
Developing leaders
145
40.4%
Formal mentoring programs
58
16.2%
Identifying potential leaders
183
51.0%
Implementing/managing succession plans
86
24.0%
Offering professional development
opportunities
213
59.3%
Tracking performance of potential leaders
126
35.1%
Nothing
76
21.2%
Other (please specify)
20
5.6%
SHRM Weekly Online Poll: December 2, 2003
© 2003 SHRM
What is your HR department doing to help
management groom future leaders? (Please select all
that apply.) (Other – specify)
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Informal mentoring
Consulting with line businesses to assist them in developing their
succession plans
Use of Executive Assessment Centers during selection of VPs and
above (we use for both internal and external candidates).
Providing Informal Opportunities for leadership. i.e. Activity
Committee, Special Projects from time to time, Playing the "strong"
second role for Team Leaders and Managers
Informing management of employees demonstrating potential for
advancement
A specific curriculum of leadership courses designed specifically
for our system required of all managers.
Creating Talent Development Mgr position. This is a 1 yr rotation
into HR for a business mgr.
Use of Industrial Psychologist in Career Progression discussions
New, small Company
SHRM Weekly Online Poll: December 2, 2003
© 2003 SHRM
What is your HR department doing to help
management groom future leaders? (Please select all
that apply.) (Other – specify, cont’d)
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Formal Training
There is a formal program to develop leaders, however, this
program is not administered by HR but by Administration
assignments which stretch the leader into areas they have not been
before.
Formal Global Assessment Center for Executive Potentials
Have previously done succession planning, but currently nothing.
Track all training, courses, degrees and project skills on our
system. Use this information to determine qualified candidates.
We have an established goal to design and implement a succession
plan by 2008
Restructuring
Extensive training in the change process "Who moved my cheese"
, "Fish", "execution", and many other books and discussions.
Offer Executive coaching as part of the professional development
SHRM Weekly Online Poll: December 2, 2003
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