Diverse succession planning: lessons from the industry leaders

Citation

(2009), "Diverse succession planning: lessons from the industry leaders", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo.2009.08123cad.002

Diverse succession planning: lessons from the industry leaders

Article Type: Abstracts From: Development and Learning in Organizations, Volume 23, Issue 3

Greer C.R., Virick M. Human Resource Management, Summer 2008, Vol. 47 No. 2, Start page: 351, No. of pages: 17

Purpose – Discusses practices and competencies for incorporating diversity within succession planning and identifies methods for developing women and minorities as successors for key positions. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses the literature on diversity and succession planning and describes the data source of interviews with 27 HR professionals from 25 different organisations. Discusses the integration of strategy and planning, leadership and critical planning practices and systematic approaches to development and mentorship competencies. Addresses the programme management issues of: reward systems; confidentiality and transparency; and measurement and evaluation. Findings – Shows that the development of organisational competencies in diverse succession planning requires a clear understanding of the business strategy and communication of how the process will provide a source of competitive advantage.Practical implications – Provides a table containing suggestions for diverse succession planning. Originality/value – Shows how diversity can be incorporated into succession planning based on the views of industry leaders. ISSN: 0090-4848 Reference: 38AC340 DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20216

Keywords: Diversity management, Employee development, Succession planning, Training