Succession PlanningBaldrige 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 HerwaldVP of Quality Management Systems

• A process

What is Succession Planning?

to create a plan for filling key positions

• Long-term sustainability

Why is Succession Planning Important?

• Identify key positions• Identify potential successors• Develop successors• Promote successors

How do We Conduct Succession Planning?

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?

DevelopSuccessors

• What capabilities are needed to succeed?

How do We Conduct Succession Planning?

PromoteSuccessors

• What will the successor need once in the key position?

How Do We Know If We Succeeded?

• What is the best in-process measure?

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Key Position Staffing

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?

• The Ultimate Goal!

Achieve Long-Term

Sustainability

Questions? 

Succession Planning