Organizations often discuss the brain drain that lies ahead in the next decade, but only a few managers take sufficient action to prepare for it. With the COVID causing a shift in business operations, the focus on managing current priorities leaves little room for continuity strategies. However, neglecting to groom the next generation of leaders can lead to significant disruptions.

This class assists you in seamlessly navigating changing times. It provides a systematic approach to ensuring readiness for key staff departures while also addressing related concerns such as organizational restructuring, filling newly created positions, backfilling roles following promotions, and expanding to new endeavors or markets.

Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the role of leadership in setting direction, creating structure, and managing culture.
• Develop strategies to create opportunities for staff to expand skills and increase value.
• Describe the value of hiring from within and in bringing in fresh talent from outside.
• Identify the requirements of the three primary change management roles:  sponsor, agent, and implementer.
• Discuss the benefits and steps to aligning a work culture for credible, consistent accountability throughout the organization.
• Appropriately delegate succession planning work to others, including assessment, documentation, talent management, and mentoring.
• Develop strategies to instill mentoring in key areas.
• Create an implementation plan based on your organization’s readiness, lifecycle, and capacity.

Intended Audience: Leaders, managers, and supervisors.