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Leadership Development and Succession Strategist

Success: The Right People in the Right Roles
Coventry Academy -  Leadership Development and Succession Strategist
5
Days

Course Schedules

 Amsterdam
 17-21 Feb 2025
 $5,950
 Dubai
 12-16 May 2025
 $5,950
 Munich
 11-15 Aug 2025
 $5,950
 London
 06-10 Oct 2025
 $5,950
 Barcelona
 24-28 Nov 2025
 $5,950

Training course overview

"We prioritize 'Growing Talent from Within' by offering continuous training and development opportunities to our staff, preparing them for current challenges and future readiness." - Jan Kincaid

In today's rapidly changing world, organizations require leaders who can navigate change while executing complex strategies. To ensure the right leaders are in place at the right time with the necessary skills, a strong focus on leadership development is crucial. Organizations must establish succession planning programs that accelerate leadership growth beyond traditional methods, identifying key positions and nurturing future leaders to sustain business success.

This training course emphasizes an integrated approach to leadership development and succession management.It aims to highlight the critical need for a robust leadership development and succession planning program. By focusing on cultivating leaders internally, organizations can ensure they have the right talent in place to drive success now and in the future. It aligns these efforts with overall business strategies, fostering leadership readiness among high-potential individuals and implementing best practices in succession planning and leadership development.

What are the goals?

By the end of this training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the Succession Planning Process
  • Use the relevant tools in identifying the Key Positions and Potential Successors within their organization
  • Formulate a Strategic Talent Plan for the organization in line with the Business Strategy
  • Create and manage a Sustainable Talent Pipeline
  • Manage performance and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement
  • Identify the most effective leadership development approaches

Who is this training course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Senior managers responsible for executive succession plans
  • Middle managers identifying leadership potential amongst their staff
  • HR professionals developing succession plans
  • HR professionals in learning & development roles
  • Younger professionals with leadership aspirations

Course Outline

Day One: 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?
Day Two: 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
Day Three: Talent Management
  • The ‘Ideal Leader’
  • Defining leadership potential
  • Conducting Talent Reviews
  • Developing talented personnel
  • Retaining talent
  • Success of talent programmes
Day Four: 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
Day Five: 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

The certificate

  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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