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Succession Planning in Government (Sustainability ("Employment…
Succession Planning in Government
Selection and Training
Ensure success by not getting lost in statistics and analysis
Step 1: Assess org and individual training needs
Reasons: figuring out pending leadership shortage, identifying leadership competency needs, career plan
Three levels of assessment: org analysis, operations analysis, individual analysis
Sustainability
"Employment Deals": self-development over management-driven succession
Find employees with a high sense of job satisfaction and provide growth opportunities to encourage proactive career development
Succession planning reduces past tendencies, like siloing.
Evaluation
SPs must provide assessment and measurement over the long term
Systemic program planning is needed
Constant feedback should be sought
Methodology
Narrative analysis: Four questions
How does a public agency develop a succession plan?
How are participants selected and trained?
How has SP affected workforce sustainability?
How are results measured and evaluated?
Example: Plano, Texas
Succession Planning
City council asked in 2001 to look at plans to combat baby boomer retirement
Management Preparation Program of Plano (MP3)
Analysis
Planning and Development
Lit. suggests formal process based on identification and assessment of future leaders into the organization
Hired external contractor to supervise MP3
Selection and Training
Should enable access across all workforce
Plano: implementing new initiative (Plano Institute of Excellence) for employees to gain more leadership training.
Sustainability
Program didn't have formal follow-up.
MP3 has introduced new tiers to address follow-up concerns
Must receive support from top-level influencers
Evaluation
Plano: Formalized eval process did not exist at first
Now have a formal, systematic eval system. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Intro
Recognizing labor force issues is first step for public agencies
Estimates of 40% to 50% of workforce could be lost in short period of time
What is succession planning?
"the plan to an organization employs to fill its most critical leadership and professional positions."
strategic plan is necessary for successful succession planning
Planning and Development
No one best way to begin planning. Most start with a demand forecast.
Does not need to be complex
Set of protocols aligned with priorities and takes into account internal and external constituents