Succession Management

Best Practices in Succession Management:
Sustainable Talent Management Practices that Drive
Business Results

WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL, PH.D.,
recognized globally as an expert on
succession planning and management,
served as the national thought leader for
a 2001 Best Practices study of succession
that examined 18 multinational
corporations. A Professor of Human
Resource Development at Pennsylvania
State University, Rothwell's well-known
publications include Effective Succession
Planning, The Action Learning Guidebook,
and The Competency Toolkit, to name a
few.

What you will learn
• Key trends from Linkage's publications that are influencing the future of succession management and planning
• How to get the right leaders at the top of your organization
• How to retain talent as a competitive advantage
• How to implement the correct succession plan for your organization to achieve breakthrough success
• This session will feature best practice succession case study presentations with tangible results by business leaders

New and compelling
program developed
to accelerate your
learning and
provide you with
direct business
application as you
address strategic
succession related
issues.

Succession management is the critical determinant of long-term success
for organizations. Too often, however, succession planning is left to the
last moment. The process must start with the selection and retention of
those individuals who hold critical positions where vacancies have a
negative impact on bottom-line results. Having the right people
positioned for succession can ensure short-term success and longevity in
the market.

Join thought leader, William Rothwell, a noted succession management expert who has consulted
with more than 30 multinational corporations and, as an academic, directs the #2 ranked graduate
program in HRD in the U.S.

Bring your own real-life succession challenges and work with William Rothwell, Linkage experts,
business leaders who have successfully implemented key practices in their organizations, and other
participants to learn high-impact methods and tools that will enable you to close the critical gaps in
your succession planning.

Who should attend
Experienced OD professionals, and business leaders and managers who are involved in their organizations' succession management.

MARCUS J. MARCERO,
Linkage's Regional Vice President
of Consulting has significant
practical experience in the areas
of change management and
quality management systems,
and has over fifteen years of
experience as a statistical
consultant, and organizational
design and development
professional.