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Many attempts to establish a succession plan fail. Why? They run up against insurmountable implementation challenges, or weak executive commitment and follow-through.
Succession Planning That Works: The Critical Path of Leadership Development is a step-by-step guide to help HR professionals and senior leaders develop a succession plan that delivers a measurable return on investment.
Based on in-depth interviews with senior executives from nearly 50 organizations, Succession Planning That Works reveals not only the most important components of effective succession planning, but also the most effective order in which to put them into practice.
Packed with real-world examples, Succession Planning That Works shows how real companies have attempted to tackle succession planning issues and examines both their victories and their failures to highlight the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Topics include:
• 13 reasons to begin succession planning now
• How to calculate the ROI of promoting from within
• The Succession Planning Critical Path – the most efficient and effective way to implement a succession plan
• How to gain or strengthen executive buy-in for succession planning
• How to measure your success
Also included are 20 downloadable templates and tools to help make succession planning easier to comprehend and implement.

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June 7, 2016
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This is an invaluable guide for identifying, and taking advantage of, talent within organizations.

In his timely, excellent book, Succession Planning that Works, management consultant Michael Timms describes the "critical path" steps to successful succession planning.

Why is succession planning for key positions so important to companies right now? Because, writes Timms, it "answers arguably the greatest talent management question of the 21st century: How will organizations fill the void left by baby boomers?" To drive home the point, Timms's consulting firm, Avail Leadership, conducted in-depth interviews with senior executives from nearly fifty organizations across various industries that ranged in size from 70 to 235,000 employees. The study, along with input from other leadership development experts, forms the basis for this book.

The book begins by laying out thirteen arguments supporting the case for succession planning, not the least of which is preventing the "loss of institutional knowledge." But just as important for companies' HR departments is the fact that recruiting from outside an organization, while very common, is costly and time-consuming. In fact, filling the position from within, writes Timms, "minimizes or even eliminates the downtime associated with turnover of critical positions, thereby speeding up the recruiting process."

As strong, succinct, and well written as the first chapter is, however, the book's real strength lies in its clear, concise, yet comprehensive description of each of the twenty-one steps in the author's critical path for succession planning. Timms divides the critical path into three logical sections that cover seven steps each: "Fundamentals of Talent Management," "Fundamentals of Succession Planning," and "Scale It Up." A chapter is devoted to every step, with content that is short and to the point, often augmented by a brief case study, a pertinent chart, or sample forms. The end of each chapter includes a section entitled "Keeping It Simple" that reinforces the notion that succession planning need not be complicated or difficult to implement.

Throughout the book come key insights that put succession planning into a real-world context. At the close of the first section, these are evident in a simple three-step process for calculating the opportunity cost of vacancies, while in the second section, the methodology described for identifying "High Potentials" will likely be of direct value to the HR department of any size company. Similarly, a discussion of "the cost/benefit of recruiting vs. developing" and the helpful tips from other companies regarding how to implement a leadership development program could easily result in senior executives completely rethinking their recruiting practices. The book includes access to downloads of all of the tools and templates.

Succession Planning that Works makes a strong case for taking advantage of existing talent and demonstrates how to help develop that talent and fill vacancies from within. This book should prove to be a top-notch resource for any executive responsible for hiring and personnel development.

BARRY SILVERSTEIN

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About the Author

Michael Timms is a management consultant specializing in organization and leadership performance. As the Founder and Principal of Avail Leadership, Michael is a trusted adviser to senior leadership and a partner with in-house HR professionals. He assists organizations develop leading-edge people-related strategies and provides training and advice to help them execute those strategies.... --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B01GSNNKKO
Publisher : FriesenPress; 1st edition (June 7, 2016)
Publication date : June 7, 2016
Language : English
File size : 5017 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Print length : 232 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #364,750 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #392 in Human Resources & Personnel Management (Kindle Store)
- #485 in Business Systems & Planning
- #1,431 in Strategic Business Planning

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Best Book I've Read On Succession Planning -- Practical, Scalable & Well-Written!

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017

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"Succession Planning That Works" is by far the best book I have read on the topic of succession planning. Most material I have previously read on S.P. has always been too theoretical in nature, ignores the structure that needs to be in place before putting a plan in place, and does nothing to answer the question - "how do I scale this up or down to meet my company's needs."

In this book, the author addresses all these issues, demystifying succession planning and breaking it down into a step-by-step process that you can actually follow to build your own plan.

Probably my favorite part of the book is the link the author provides with forms you can adopt/adapt to build your own succession planning playbook, saving a lot of time in the process.

I hope to see more books by Michael Timms. I know there are gurus out there who are better-known, but I feel he really knows his stuff.

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Ellen S

Concise and Straightforward

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2017

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This book was just what I was looking for. I was charged with setting up a Succession Plan for my company and bought your book hoping it would give me some direction. I found it very helpful. I especially liked how he pointed out particular tasks that might not be worth the time for small company (like ours) to take on. I appreciated the straight forward advice. I took a lot of good notes from this book and shared my notes with another colleague who also appreciated the enlightenment.

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Joanne Voordeckers

Great Resource for Succession Planning!

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020

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Not only was this book a quick read, but it also provided tools I could use right away. Having tools that I could download at no additional cost was a time-saver. I liked that the author gave tips for smaller organizations, too.
Thanks for a very helpful resource from this reader who doesn't have a formal HR background but was tasked with developing an effective succession planning program nevertheless.

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Quick delivery

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020

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Quick delivery and good quality book.

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Very helpful guide

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2016

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This is a very well written and researched book that provides a great overview of the management succession process. Highly recommended!

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Denise W.

Excellent Book

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017

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This book provides a logical and thought provoking look at how succession planning should actually work. The tools provided are well organized and offer an excellent place to start the conversation with the executive team. Succession Planning That Works is a must read!

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J. Greenwell

Brief and to the point.

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2017

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I am leading a strategic planning group--succession planning for my job. I ordered several books on succession planning but found myself using this one more often because it is more direct and easier to use. The sample forms and downloads are also very helpful.

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Great book on the subject of succession planning.

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018

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Clearly written and well organized. Very practical, but doesn't skim over the subject matter. Obviously written by someone with a great deal of experience in the area. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in implementing succession planning in their organization.

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KindleLover13

This really does work!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2018

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As Head of HR for a small organisation I needed to implement a succession planning process. My reading was wide and whilst there is much debate about what good looks like none of the books advised where to start clearly. This book gives clear guidance and sample documents for use which were very helpful and adaptive. Clear thoughts are expressed with great examples of some very successful companies. If your business is customer service driven like mine then this book is a must read. even if it isn't it is still a good read. For those of you who have small teams or are in stand alone functions again this is a book for you as it advocates keeping succession planning strategic but simple in delivery.

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Jules W

Informative, readable, and practical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2018

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Well-written, with a pragmatic and not academic tone, with enough insight and explanation to provide substance to the reader. The book is clearly more about succession planning itself and doesn't really cover (the psychology of) leadership development and talent management as antecedents, but then you wouldn't be able to cover all that in 250 pages. I have several books on succession planning; of these I would refer to this book first and recommend it to others. Also useful that the author gives you web access to his templates found within the book.

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Tracey Anderson

Invaluable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2018

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I am writing a management research report on succession planning and this book has been a life line to me. The pragmatic step by step approach and guidance were invaluable. It is also extremely useful that you are given access to the various templates that are used throughout the book. I would definitely recommend this book to those who are looking to implement a succession planning process.

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Mr Richard S Burgess

Good content and really useful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2020

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Useful book and good content.

summitheart

Solid, practical, usable, clear and well written. A must-have guide.

Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2019

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I really appreciated the practical nature of this book. I am in the middle of an organizational capacity review and the book gave an easy to understand explanation of succession planning for any size organization, from small to global.

The downloadable tools that come along with the book are also very helpful. Good job!

I am an experienced HR professional and I have already recommended this book to at least 3 of my clients.

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