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Diverse succession planning: Lessons from the industry leaders
Author(s) -
Greer Charles R.,
Virick Meghna
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.20216
Subject(s) - succession planning , diversity (politics) , ecological succession , human resources , strategic human resource planning , identification (biology) , resource (disambiguation) , process (computing) , business , public relations , strategic planning , management , political science , marketing , ecology , economics , computer science , computer network , law , biology , operating system
Although practitioners and academics alike have argued for succession planning practices that facilitate better talent identification and creation of stronger “bench strength,” there has been little attention to the incorporation of gender and racial diversity with succession planning.We discuss practices and competencies for incorporating diversity with succession planning and identify methods for developing women and minorities as successors for key positions. Improvements in strategy, leadership, planning, development, and program management processes are suggested. Recommendations for process improvement are developed from the diversity and succession planning literatures and interviews of 27 human resource professionals from a broad range of industries. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.