Succession Planning
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, Criteria for Performance Excellence
Item 1.1a(3) Creating a Sustainable Organization; 1.2a(1) Governance System; 5.2c(3) Career Progression
Deanna Herwald
VP of Quality Management Systems
What is Succession Planning?
• A process to create a plan for filling key positions
Why is Succession Planning Important?
• Long-term sustainability
How do We Conduct Succession Planning?
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Identify key positions
Identify potential successors
Develop successors
Promote successors
How do We Conduct Succession Planning?
Identify Key
Positions
• Which positions are critical to your success?
How do We Conduct Succession Planning?
Identify
Potential
Successors
• Which Employee is the best candidate?
How do We Conduct Succession Planning?
Develop
Successors
• What capabilities are needed to succeed?
How do We Conduct Succession Planning?
Promote
Successors
• What will the successor need once in the key position?
How Do We Know If We Succeeded?
Key Position Staffing
100
89
80
60
53
40
20
0
% Filled with Successors
• What is the best in-process measure?
% Filled from Within
How Do We Know If We Succeeded?
Achieve
Operational
Goals
• Are we able to continue to meet our goals?
How Do We Know If We Succeeded?
Achieve
Long-Term
Sustainability
• The Ultimate Goal!
Succession Planning
Questions?