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Organizational Talent Pools: 4 Steps to Developing Employees

HR Bartender

One way to do that is with talent pools, which are groups of employees who are being trained and developed to assume greater responsibilities within the organization. This allows a talent pool to address the biggest challenge with succession planning , which is telling individuals they’re part of the plan.

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Replacement Planning: 3 Steps to Develop Your Organization’s Strategy

HR Bartender

If there’s one activity that has more of an impact than succession planning, it’s replacement planning. A replacement plan identifies “backups” for positions. But replacement planning doesn’t have to be defined as a subset of succession planning.

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Cross Training Employees: Examples and Plans

Business Management Daily

Smart organizations realize that time spent cross-training employees yields a substantial return on investment. Benefits of cross-training – defined as teaching workers new skills so that they can perform different roles beyond the one for which they were hired — include: Coverage of duties when another team member is absent.

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Succession planning should be applied to all employees—not just top executives

HR Brew

But imagine if they had to do the same for the entire organization… Well, if you ask Colin Klein, managing director and co-founder of learning and development platform Skills Copilot for Microsoft 365, HR leaders should have succession plans for every role. To that end, he suggested a skills-based approach to succession planning.

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Benefits of cross training employees and top considerations before you start

Business Management Daily

He always meant to institute a cross-training program, but other tasks got in the way of dedicating time to employees mastering new skills. He vowed to prioritize employee cross-training initiatives going forth. What is cross-training employees? Through cross-training, they develop additional skills and can take on new roles.

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How to Avoid Talent Gaps with Data-Driven Succession Planning

Visier

According to the Association for Talent Development , only 35% of organizations have a formalized succession planning process. As with most things, the best way to manage these risks is to be prepared and to have a plan. Succession planning with data. Provide training and mentorship.

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What Are the Seven Steps to Succession Planning?

Intoo USA

Succession planning—a process for creating and maintaining a talent pipeline —is a necessary part of talent management, and is something you’ll appreciate having done especially when faced with a sudden, unexpected event. Who should participate in succession planning? The Seven Steps to Succession Planning.