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Leadership Development and Succession Strategist

Success: The Right People in the Right Roles

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Why Choose Us

Succession planning is a key process that helps organizations identify and develop their future leaders, senior managers, and other critical roles. This Leadership Development and Succession Strategist Training Course focuses on best practices in succession planning, offering insights into how to recognize and nurture leadership potential at every level of the organization.

Effective succession planning can be challenging, especially when balancing the identification of potential leaders with the evolving needs of the business. This course is designed to equip you with the tools and techniques to address these challenges, ensuring that your organization has a clear strategy for leadership development and succession.

By enrolling in this training course, you will gain an understanding of how to:

  • Link business and people plans effectively
  • Develop and manage a talent pool
  • Retain top talent and nurture future leaders
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of succession processes
  • Overcome the challenges organizations face in the succession planning process
Why Choose Leadership Development and Succession Strategist
Course Goals

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Leadership Development and Succession Strategist Training Course, participants will be able to:

  • Grasp how the HR cycle contributes to achieving business objectives
  • Conduct current and future needs assessments to align talent with business goals
  • Effectively manage and develop a talent pool for future leadership roles
  • Recognize the importance of performance management and continuous feedback in leadership growth
  • Identify and apply the most effective leadership development strategies

Who is this Training Course for?

This Leadership Development and Succession Strategist Training Course is ideal for:

  • Senior managers responsible for executive succession plans
  • Middle managers identifying leadership potential within their teams
  • HR professionals tasked with developing and managing succession plans
  • HR professionals in learning & development roles focused on talent growth
  • Younger professionals aiming to develop leadership skills for career advancement
Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This course will be delivered using a variety of interactive and engaging learning methods to ensure participants fully comprehend and retain the material. A combination of group exercises, case studies, presentations, and discussions will help participants actively engage with the course content.

The course will be presented with:

  • Practical, real-world case studies to illustrate the application of succession planning
  • Group discussions to foster collaborative learning
  • Interactive exercises designed to build understanding of talent management and development processes
  • Opportunities for personal reflection to enhance the learning experience

By the end of the course, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of how to implement and manage succession planning within their organizations effectively.

The Course Content

What is Succession Planning?

  • Elements of business strategy
  • Our people are our most important asset
  • The employment context
  • The HR cycles
  • Recruitment and Retention
  • Who is Responsible for succession planning?

People Plans and Business Plans

  • Identifying Critical Roles & Responsibilities
  • Current and future needs
  • Creating a talent pool
  • Conducting Talent Reviews
  • Assessing Skills, Knowledge & Attitudes
  • Developing Motivation and Engagement

Talent Management

  • The ‘Ideal Leader’
  • Defining leadership potential
  • Conducting Talent Reviews
  • Developing talented personnel
  • Retaining talent
  • Success of talent programmes

The Process of Nurturing Talent

  • Effective performance management
  • The importance of feedback in nurturing talent
  • Tailoring development to individual needs
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Is the organisation’s talent development approach working?
  • Measuring ROI

Challenges of Succession Planning

  • Unplanned succession challenges
  • Realistic people planning
  • Setting and managing career expectations
  • Creating an ‘engaged’ workforce
  • Impact of organisational structures on people development opportunities
  • Course Review and Personal Planning
Recognition

Certificate

  • Wallstreet Development Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course.
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