Best Practices in Succession Management

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Succession management is the critical determinant of success and marketplace longevity for organizations. Too often, however, such planning is left to the last moment. Bring your own real-life succession challenges and work with William Rothwell, a noted thought leader who has consulted with more than 30 multinational corporations. Leverage Linkage experts, best practice succession 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

Note This program is not open to independent consultants

Benefits and Outcomes

• Utilize techniques for knowledge transfer of critical intellectual property
• Implement new models for technical and managerial succession planning
• Drill down into succession management beyond the top management layer

Registration and Cancellation Policy

A credit card number is required at the time of registration to process the registration. If full payment is not received four weeks prior to the program, the credit card will be charged at that time. Full payment is required upon registration for any registrations received within four weeks of the program.

All workshop registration fees include a non-refundable processing fee of $100 except in the case of Leading Through Communication: The Linkage Communication Clinic, Pathways: The Linkage Leadership Program, and The Crisis Leadership Certification Program (where such fee equals $200) and The Coaching Leaders Certification Program (where such fee equals $400). The processing fee will be charged for any cancellation made at any time or for rescheduling requests made within three weeks prior to the workshop date. Please note that registration fees and workshop schedules are subject to change without notice.

We encourage participants to arrive at 8:00AM for sign-in on the first day of the program they are scheduled to attend. All workshops are scheduled to begin at 8:30AM, and end at approximately 4:30PM. The exceptions are the programs offered in The Organizational Development Certificate Program held at DePaul University in Chicago which begin at 9:00AM, and end at approximately 5:00PM. For these programs only, please arrive at 8:30AM for sign in.

Workshop Admissions and Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made within three weeks prior to the program will receive a courtesy transfer to an upcoming workshop, within one year of the originally scheduled workshop, for the amount of the registration fee minus the $100-$400 processing fee per session. Alternatively, you can send someone in your place to the original event to avoid such fee. All cancellations and substitutions must be made in writing. Program registrants who fail to attend without notification will be charged the full attendance fee.

Linkage reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any event. In the event of program cancellation, we make every effort to notify participants 3-5 weeks prior to the event. Therefore, we recommend purchasing a refundable airfare. Please be advised that Linkage is not responsible for any airfare penalties, travel, or hotel charges that may be incurred due to cancelled or rescheduled events.

Workshop Prohibitions: Any unauthorized use of the copyrighted Linkage materials that participants receive at any Linkage training program is strictly prohibited. Solicitation of business from fellow workshop participants is also strictly prohibited. External consultants will be asked to sign a nondisclosure form indicating their agreement with the above.

Sponsor Background:

As leaders in human resources, organizational development, and training, people look to you to help them advance in their careers. It's your job to help them drive organizational performance through human performance.

At Linkage, the mission of our public workshops is to provide training that helps you perform better in your jobs so you, in turn, can help others do the same. Our workshop leaders are human resource experts and seasoned trainers. They spend most of their time in industry working with the same HRD and OD issues that you face every day. We are passionate about developing HR performance in the workplace, and we'd like to share what we've learned with you.

Through our skill-building workshops, we can help you develop your ability to:

• Design, manage, and participate in your company's competency efforts
• Develop and manage leadership programs for your organization
• Develop yourself and others as internal champions of coaching and mentoring
• Develop yourself, others, and an organizational capacity for internal consulting
• Assess, measure, and evaluate the performance of your people and your organization

Instructor(s):

Instructor Background:

CO-CHAIR: WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL, PH.D., recognized globally as an expert on management and succession planning, he 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.

Robert Edwards specializes in management succession planning and talent development systems. Robert brings together years of hand-on experience and practical consultant skills with a broad background in organization development, project management/implementation, strategic organization change, human resources operations and managing line organization. Robert's corporate management experience includes entry level, middle, and executive positions in Human Resources, Customer Service, and Information Technology.